Idiom / Phrase: Follow suit

 

"Follow suit"


Meaning

  • To follow someone else's lead in a situation and perform the same actions they have done in the same given situation.
  • If people follow suit, they do the same thing that someone else has just done, especially by following their example.
  • To follow suit means to follow an example set by someone else, to follow someone with actions in kind, to take a cue from someone else in influencing one’s behavior.

Synonyms: copy someone, emulate someone, accord with someone, take your cue from someone


Example Sentences

  • When one airline reduces its ticket prices, the rest usually follow suit.
  • Last summer, as the trade war with China broiled, Washington put pressure on its allies to follow suit and ban Huawei equipment from 5G infrastructure.
  • When Allied Stores reduced their prices, other companies were forced to follow suit.
  • One of the major banks has lowered its interest rates and the other banks are expected to follow suit.
  • Budget companies have been so successful that other airlines have had to follow suit and lower their fares.
  • The people in front of us began to leave the auditorium, and we followed suit.
  • Mary went to work for a bank, and Jane followed suit. Now they are both head cashiers.
  • The Smiths went out to dinner, but the Browns didn't follow suit. They stayed home.
  • The girl jumped over the fence, and her friends followed suit.
  • Several European countries and American cities have already banned trans fats from restaurant menus, and health experts from Harvard medical school are now urging jurisdictions in the United Kingdom to follow suit.
  • On December 8, 2020, the United Kingdom became the first country in the world to start administrating its citizens with a fully trialed and tested COVID-19 vaccine. Several other nations followed suit.


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