Doing and Following

Doing

Doing noun - Something done by someone.

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Following and doing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Following" instead a noun "Doing".

Nearby Word: do

Following noun - A body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person.

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Doing and following are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Doing" instead a noun "Following".

Nearby Words: follow, follower, followed

close	close doing	close following
good	good doing	good following
nice	nice doing	nice following
due	due doing	due following
Other adjectives: real, large, big, serious, impressive, main, moral, biggest.

She is never actually shown doing any programming in the series or its two follow-up movies, instead spending most of the time following Akira around.

Source: Informed Ability / Anime and Manga
In the other case, the precognition warns you that the woman will be trapped in a loveless marriage, regretting impulsively doing what seemed right at the time instead of following her heart.

Source: Morton's Fork
In the first game the protagonist doesn't even try to save him/herself, merely following the advice of others in the hopes of doing something meaningful with his/her remaining time.

Source: Doomed Protagonist

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