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follow-my-leader

noun

  1. US, Canadian, and Irish name: follow-the-leadera game in which the players must repeat the actions of the leader

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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But the race has tended to become follow-my-leader, with drivers controlling their pace to make sure their tyres reach the ideal time to make a pit stop.

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“I’d have just played follow-my-leader after Jamie all the way to Paris if you hadn’t reminded me to turn.”

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The whole matter of opinion is a game of 'follow-my-leader'; not one of you dares admire anything unless the critics say so.

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He thought it fun to play follow-my-leader behind Clementina in their little lodgings, or to hide and startle her.

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We were not near enough to see whether they touched the tops or cleared them; all we were sure of was that they did not hesitate for a second to face a jump nine feet high at the top of a sharp rise, and that all seven did it in follow-my-leader order with the most perfect ease and grace.

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