follow
v.v. to move behind someone or something that is going forward. You also use it to obey rules or pay attention to a story.
v. to move behind in the same direction; to comply with or act according to instructions or a sequence. Transitive in most senses, though it can function intransitively when the object is implied.
Please follow me to the meeting room.
The tourists follow the guide through the narrow streets of the old city to reach the museum.
While the junior researchers were encouraged to follow the established protocol, they were also expected to document any deviations that occurred during the experiment.
From Middle English folwen, folȝen, folgen, from Old English folgian (“to follow, pursue”), from Proto-West Germanic folgēn, from Proto-Germanic fulgāną (“to follow”).
The verb is usually transitive and takes a direct object. When used with social media, it refers to subscribing to a user's updates.
follow to the leaderfollow the leaderFollow is a transitive verb and does not require a preposition before the person or thing being followed.