follower
Someone who likes and supports another person or their ideas.
A person who supports, admires, or is guided by another person, group, or set of ideas.
Someone who chooses to see another person's posts on social media.
A person who subscribes to receive updates from another user on a social media platform.
Someone who walks, drives, or moves behind another person or thing.
A person or thing that comes after another in movement, sequence, or position.
- Base: follower
- Plural: followers
follow up
1Do more after first action/event
To do something more to finish what you started or check progress after an earlier action.
- She called to follow up on our meeting last week.
- The police will follow up on all leads.
- The doctor will follow up with you in two weeks.
- I sent an email and will follow up with a phone call.
follow in someone's footsteps
1Take same path as someone else
To do the same job or live like someone did before you, often a family member.
- She followed in her mother's footsteps and became a teacher.
- She followed in her father’s footsteps and became a lawyer.
- He followed in his father's footsteps and became a doctor.
- Many young athletes hope to follow in their heroes’ footsteps.
- Many young musicians try to follow in the footsteps of famous artists.
- Many young athletes hope to follow in the footsteps of their heroes.
follow suit
1Do as someone else did
To do the same thing that another person has just done.
- When one store lowered prices, others quickly followed suit.
- When she left early, the rest of the staff followed suit.
- When one shop lowered its prices, the others soon followed suit.
- She started jogging, and her friends followed suit.
- Other companies followed suit and raised their prices.
- After she dyed her hair, her friends followed suit.