follow suit

1. 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

Sinclair, the largest ABC affiliate group in the US, followed suit and ABC announced that it would "indefinitely" suspend the programme.

From BBC

"I 100% feel the UK should follow suit, I don't know what artist would want to represent the UK this year," she says.

From BBC

While it’s not clear what these anonymous activists plan to do with their database, it is clear that the federal government has already followed suit.

From Salon

I soon follow suit and, with sticky fingers, reach for all the candies that have caught my eye: super lemon sour suckers, pink lemonade gushers, muscat gummies and soda-flavored hard candies.

From Salon

He confirmed that Israel had accepted the US ceasefire proposal and urged the people of Gaza to follow suit.

From BBC