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1. Carrying some project or intention to full completion
   "I appreciated his follow-through on his promise"
    
2. The act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion
   "his follow-through was straight down the line toward the target"; "squash can be dangerous if your opponent has a long follow-through"

1. Carry a stroke to natural completion after hitting or releasing a ball
    
2. Pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue
   "She followed through his recommendations with a written proposal"
   - follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go through

Derived forms: following through, followed through, follow-throughs, follows through

Type of: closing, complete, completion, culmination, finish, hit, mop up, windup

Part of: shot, stroke