Synonyms

follow suit

Idioms

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]

Example Sentences

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“I think a lot of things here are going to be different,” I said as I hurried to follow suit.

From Literature

About two-thirds of Chinese regions have already lowered growth ambitions for this year, signaling that Beijing could follow suit with the national target.

From The Wall Street Journal

When stocks tanked, Treasury prices have been following suit.

From Barron's

Plenty raised concerns that other executives might now follow suit and more aggressively lay off their own employees.

From The Wall Street Journal

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