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Definition of Follow-on
1. Noun. An immediate second innings forced on a cricket team scoring a prescribed number of runs fewer than its opponents in the first innings.
Definition of Follow-on
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of follow on) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Follow-on
Literary usage of Follow-on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"His cavalry will follow on the same road, the movement from where it is now
posted, at two h. AM, on the eighth instant. The regiment at Ripley will move on ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"His cavalry will follow on the same road, the movement from where it is now
posted, at two h. AM, on the eighth instant. The regiment at Ripley will move on ..."
3. The Bicentennial Census: New Directions for Methodology in 1990 by Constance F. Citro, Michael L. Cohen (1985)
"follow-on surveys have been conducted in connection with previous censuses, but
usually directed toward specific populations and not fielded until a year or ..."
4. Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1847)
"... Robert Peel's conduct— Mr. Miles and Colonel Sibthorp follow on the same
side—The Address is carried without a Division — On the the Duke of Wellington ..."
5. Bradford's History "of Plimoth Plantation.": From the Original Manuscript by William Bradford, Massachusetts General Court, Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of State (1899)
"And what ill consequences may follow, on both sids, wise men may fear, & would
rather prevente then hope to redress. So with my harty salutations to you ..."
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