Antonyms for the phrase "follow on" include antecedent, precursor, and forerunner. Antecedent refers to something that comes before or precedes another event or action. Precursor implies something that happens before an expected event and may indicate the necessity of a particular step to reach a desired outcome. Forerunner may refer to a person, event, or thing that is an early or immediate precursor to something else. All these antonyms suggest a sense of progression, but in the opposite direction of "follow on." Instead of building upon a previous action or event, they refer to what came before it, indicating that they are earlier, earlier signs, or something that led up to it.

What are the antonyms for Follow on?

• v.

  • act on
  • have no effect on
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Famous quotes with Follow on

• Of all that Orient lands can vaunt, of marvels with our own competing, the strangest is the Haschish plant, and what will follow on its eating.

  John Greenleaf Whittier
• You must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act. The world is in balance, in Equilibrium. A wizard's power of Changing and Summoning can shake the balance of the world. It is dangerous, that power. It is most perilous. It must follow knowledge, and serve need. To light a candle is to cast a shadow.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

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