follow-my-leader

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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.

From BBC • May 23, 2025

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

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

One of the curiosities of history was the great game of follow-my-leader, that the whole community used to play.

From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon

Hour after hour while we played blindly follow-my-leader 189 the clouds were a sieve over our devoted heads.

From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart

It will be seen from the above quotations that there were many varieties in the ring dance; this was the case also in the follow-my-leader dance.

From The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology by Murray, Margaret Alice