Synonyms

follow suit

Idioms

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]

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follow suit

The murder rate usually rises and falls alongside other crimes, so through the 2010s, with property crime and overall youth offending dropping, criminologists expected the murder trend to follow suit.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

Huppert said other providers are already planning to follow suit.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

The yearly rate of inflation should follow suit, slowing to 3.8%, from 4.2% in May.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

The United States has lifted a similar exemption and Britain will follow suit.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

The rest of us follow suit, linking our human chain: Voxy taking Rubio’s hand, and Rubio taking Feathers’.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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