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follow suit

verb

Definitions

  1. To play a card of the same suit as the previous or leading card.

  2. To follow an example

    To follow an example; to imitate or copy the actions of another.

    • If you are not sure of the proper etiquette, watch what others do and follow suit.
    • After World War II it took time to clear up the arrears of track maintenance on both lines and it was not until 1953 that the L.M.R. restored any two-hour schedules, the W.R. following suit a year later.
    • The wise man built his words upon the rocks / But I'm not bound to follow suit

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