follow suit
to do the same as someone else has done

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follow suit
to do the same as someone else has just done.
If other companies lower their prices, we shall have to follow suit.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

follow suit
play a card of the same suit that someone else has put down, follow the example of another, to do as someone else has done
The small university followed suit with the other universities and decided to raise their tuition fees.

I followed suit and left work early on Friday just as my boss had done.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

follow suit
v. phr.
1. To play a card of the same color and kind that another player has put down.
When diamonds were led, I had to follow suit.
2. To do as someone else has done; follow someone's example.
When the others went swimming, I followed suit.

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