| n. | 1. | a second (or subsequent) action to increase the effectiveness of an initial action. Also used attributively; |
| 2. | (Journalism) A subsequent story providing information discovered or events happening after a first story was published. | |
| 3. | (Journalism) Same as sidebar. |
| Noun | 1. | follow-up - a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work; "his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with" Synonyms: followup |
| 2. | follow-up - an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done Synonyms: followup | |
| 3. | follow-up - a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment |