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third-person singular simple present follows suit, present participle following suit, simple past and past participle followed suit
(card games) To play a card of the same suit as the previous or leading card. examples
(idiomatic) To follow an example; to imitate or copy the actions of another. quotations examples
After World War II it took time to clear up the arrears of track maintenance on both lines and it was not until 1953 that the L.M.R. restored any two-hour schedules, the W.R. following suit a year later.
1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98
The wise man built his words upon the rocks / But I'm not bound to follow suit
1984, “So. Central Rain”, in Reckoning, performed by R.E.M.
I had a natural African American impulse to let this worldlywise middle-aged black woman's maternalism wash over me. And as a post-civil rights African American, I assumed that it was a white audience's job to follow suit.
2014 May 28, John McWhorter, “Saint Maya”, in The New Republic
But unless there is a Damascene conversion in the Treasury, the chances of the UK Government following suit currently look slim.
2022 May 4, Anthony Lambert, “A revolution in ticketing”, in RAIL, number 956, page 33