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following on

vb. (present participle of follow on English)

Usage examples of "following on".

The son-of-a-bitch could claim the credit and build up a national following on his California base.

He was following on Timothy's heels before the robbed couple had begun to scream.

A second group, following on the heels of the first, might incite the natives.

A band of armed men came leaping out of hiding places in the rocks, following on the very heels of the dogs.

But there is the terrible Nemesis following on some errors, that it is always possible for those who like it to interpret them into a crime: there is no proof in favor of the man outside his own consciousness and assertion.

Chained to the chariot and following on foot was a red warrior and behind him a procession composed of fifty young men and an equal number of young girls.

About a mile down the river, Curdie, happening to look behind him, saw the maid, whom he had supposed gone with Derba, still following on the great red horse.

He heard, behind him, the _clack_, _clack_, _clack_ of footsteps following on the pavement.

He saw Chester in the corner of his left eye, following on liquid-rippling tentacles a pace behind and a pace to the side.