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

1. (card games) To play a card of the same suit as the previous or leading card.
2. (idiomatic) 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.
   • 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98: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.
   • 1984, “So. Central Rain”, in Reckoning, performed by R.E.M.:The wise man built his words upon the rocks / But I'm not bound to follow suit
   • 2014 May 28, John McWhorter, “Saint Maya”, in The New Republic‎[1], →ISSN:I had a natural African American impulse to let this worldlywise middle-aged black woman's maternalism wash over me. And as a post-civil rights African American, I assumed that it was a white audience's job to follow suit.
   • 2022 May 4, Anthony Lambert, “A revolution in ticketing”, in RAIL, number 956, page 33:But unless there is a Damascene conversion in the Treasury, the chances of the UK Government following suit currently look slim.

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[edit] play a card of the same suit

Chinese: Mandarin: 跟牌 (gēnpái) Danish: bekende, bekende kulør Esperanto: kartumi samembleme, samemblemi Finnish: tunnustaa maata French: fournir (fr) German: bedienen (de) Hungarian: színre színt rak/tesz Polish: grać kartę tego samego koloru impf, zagrać kartę tego samego koloru pf Portuguese: jogar uma carta do mesmo naipe Russian: сходить в масть pf (sxoditʹ v mastʹ), сыграть в масть pf (sygratʹ v mastʹ) Spanish: arrastrar (es) Swedish: bekänna färg (sv)

follow an example

Chinese: Mandarin: 學樣 / 学样 (zh) (xuéyàng), 隨之仿效 / 随之仿效 (suí zhī fǎngxiào), 隨之仿效 / 随之仿效 (suí zhī fǎngxiào) Danish: følge trop (da) Esperanto: postlaŭi Finnish: matkia (fi), seurata esimerkkiä, noudattaa esimerkkiä, imitoida (fi), jäljitellä (fi) French: emboîter le pas (fr), en prendre de la graine (fr) German: es jemandem gleichtun (de) Hungarian: követi a példáját, ugyanúgy tesz, ugyanazt teszi Italian: prendere esempio Japanese: 先例に倣う (せんれいにならう, senrē ni narau) Polish: naśladować (pl) impf, iść za przykładem impf, pójść za przykładem pf Portuguese: imitar (pt), seguir o exemplo (de) Russian: подражать (ru) impf (podražatʹ) Spanish: seguir el ejemplo de, continuar proporcionalmente, hacer lo mismo Thai: ทำตาม, กระทำตาม

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