Definition
To follow an example; to imitate or copy the actions of another.
In Context
- "If you are not sure of the proper etiquette, watch what others do and follow suit."
- "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."
- "The wise man built his words upon the rocks / But I'm not bound to follow suit"
- "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."
- "But unless there is a Damascene conversion in the Treasury, the chances of the UK Government following suit currently look slim."