Idiom
follow suit
Meaning
To follow an example; to imitate or copy the actions of another.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She bought a coffee, and I decided to follow suit.”
“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.”
Examples
simple
“She bought a coffee, and I decided to follow suit.”
contextual
“When the first company raised wages, several competitors chose to follow suit rather than lose workers.”
complex
“The small nation watched its powerful neighbor sign the treaty, and after careful deliberation, it too elected to follow suit.”
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