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
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
It was follow-my-leader and, since there were no long wharves to jump off of, Wunpost had decided upon the Valley of Death.
From Wunpost by Coolidge, Dane
All this is spared to the young horse by the follow-my-leader system.
From Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding by Greenwood, George
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