follow-my-leader
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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.
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
For awhile I found his speech difficult to follow; wherefore, silently I gazed at the sky, where the stars appeared to be playing at follow-my-leader.
From Through Russia by C. J. Hogarth
But now, I’m minded to give my friend Mr. Davidson a little game of follow-my-leader.
From The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive by Harry A. Mathes
A curious variation of the follow-my-leader dance was practised at Aberdeen on Rood Day, a date which as I have shown elsewhere corresponds with the Walpurgis-Nacht of the German witches.
From The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology by Margaret Alice Murray
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