Something happens first: a visit, a meeting, a shot at goal, a record. Then someone goes after it with a second thing that is tied to the first — checking it, adding to it, or carrying it on. A follow-up is that second thing. It never stands on its own; whenever you meet the word you can point back and ask what it followed, and there is always an answer.
From the word’s history
The noun comes straight from the phrasal verb follow up, according to the Wiktionary entry in the evidence packet, which labels it "Deverbal from follow up."
這個名詞直接從動詞片語 follow up 變來的。證據包裡的 Wiktionary 條目就寫著 Deverbal from follow up，意思是把那個動作整個拿起來當名詞用。所以它天生就帶著「跟上去」的方向感。
Wiktionary entry for follow-up (noun), etymology_text: "Deverbal from follow up." — supplied in this evidence packet, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1448029476:9192
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