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Do as one pleases, as in We had expected you, but if you don't want to come, suit yourself. This idiom, which uses suit in the sense of “be agreeable or convenient,” is often put as an imperative. [Late 1800s]

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The speaker conjures up centuries of collective sagacity, aligning oneself with an eternal, inarguable good.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead|Luke O’Neil|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
San Francisco was the first city to pass one in 2006; since then, 14 other cities and three states have followed suit.
Christie Blames Parents for Bad Economy|Monica Potts|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Eventually, DeCrow and Seidenberg filed suit against the East Village mainstay.
The Bars That Made America Great|Nina Strochlic|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The pieces are near-identical, excepting the signature buttons on the Chanel suit and a few small tailoring details.
The Big Business of Fashion Counterfeits|Lizzie Crocker|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

We meet in his study, where Hitchcock sits waiting, dressed in his black suit.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Behold a dumpy, comfortable British paterfamilias in a light flannel suit and a faded sun hat.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
He is what the bill wishes to make for us, a regular root doctor, and will suit the place exactly.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
We had three long tables which Liszt arranged to suit himself, his own place being in the middle.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
Not a dollar did he possess—not even did he have a suit of clothes any more, and wore every day his corduroys.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
When Dan put his tobacco back unbitten, it was always an infallible sign that something had gone in a way that did not suit him.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn

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