follow the sun

English

Verb

follow the sun (third-person singular simple present follows the sun, present participle following the sun, simple past and past participle followed the sun)

1. To holiday or winter in a sunnier climate.
   • 2012, Laurie J. Rutherford Pederson, The Year I Followed the Sun, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 338:

     November was almost upon us; for me, there were just a couple of months to go. The sun was setting on my journey. Much warmth and light had surrounded me these past months as I followed the sun to so many countries and met so many […]

Noun

follow the sun (uncountable)

1. Process where a business places its support teams across several time zones, so that it is business hours in at least one zone at all times.
   • 2007, Mark Kobayashi-Hillary, Building a Future with BRICs: The Next Decade for Offshoring:

     Some organisations are implementing a 'follow the sun' outsourcing strategy to facilitate 24x7 services – i.e. the customer calls are directed to whichever location is operating within normal working hours […]