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    follow suit
  2. FOLLOW SUIT definition: 1. in a game of cards, to play a card of the same suit (= any of the four types of card in a set of…. Learn more.

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      FOLLOW THE CROWD definition: 1. to do what most other people...

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      FOLLOW ON definition: 1. to happen or exist as the next part...

  3. Learn the various meanings and uses of the verb and noun follow, including the phrase follow suit. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related phrases of follow.

  4. a. to play a card of the same suit as the card played immediately before it. b. to act in the same way as someone else. See full dictionary entry for suit. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. follow suit in American English. 1. to play a card of the same suit as the card led. 2. to follow the example set.

  5. follow suit. To do the same thing as others, especially by following their example. The phrase comes from card games, where there are four "suits" (diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs). The people in front of us began to file out of the auditorium, and we followed suit.

  6. Imitate or do as someone else has done, as in Bill decided to leave for the rest of the day, and Mary followed suit . This term comes from card games in which one must play a card from the same suit as the one led. [Mid-1800s] Discover More.

  7. Follow suit means to do what someone else is doing or to play a card of the same suit as the one led. Learn the origin, usage, and synonyms of this phrase from The Free Dictionary.

  8. FOLLOW SUIT meaning: to do the same as someone else has just done: . Learn more.