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follow suit

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1. follow suit - Verb

2. follow suit - Phrase

Meaning

do what someone else is doing

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The days of dictatorship are over. ... We have come a long way. Millions of Egyptians and Iraqis have cast their votes at the ballot box. The Palestinians will follow suit. Boutros Boutros-Ghali

[If] you have divine motives, material benefits will follow suit but they are no longer material; they have become divine. Ruhollah Khomeini

It's not hard to get your way when it's your way or the highway. People either follow suit or they're not around. I don't really like the sound of that, 'cause that sounds like a temper tantrum. I'm just very black and white when it comes to my business. There's really no gray area. Nicki Minaj

Hearing the Beastie Boys speak out against sexism made me feel like if these men who had once sung about getting girls to 'do the laundry' and 'clean up my room' could understand, maybe the rest of the world would follow suit. It made me hopeful in the best way. Jessica Valenti

You know how Hollywood is: They just follow suit. Mike Epps

When one dog barks, another will follow suit. Latin Proverb

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