She bought a coffee, and I decided to follow suit.
follow suit
idiomTo follow an example; to imitate or copy the actions of another.
When the first company raised wages, several competitors chose to follow suit rather than lose workers.
The small nation watched its powerful neighbor sign the treaty, and after careful deliberation, it too elected to follow suit.
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bag of fruit
[Cockney slang]suit
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birthday suit
Nakedness, unclothed skin; an exposure of a human's natural anatomy without clothing.
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cut one's cloth to suit one's purse
To settle for less when money or resources are limited.
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empty suit
An ineffective or incompetent person in a place of authority.
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fold like a cheap suit
To give up easily; capitulate.
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follow someone off a cliff
To follow (a leader or a de facto leader) without question or thought, leading to potentially disastrous consequences.
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follow the crowd
To conform to majority beliefs, opinions, or practices.
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follow the money
To analyze money flows in order to uncover corruption or other criminal activities.