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follow suit
fol·low F0229100 (fŏl′ō)v. fol·lowed, fol·low·ing, fol·lows v.tr.1. a. To come or go after; proceed behind: Follow the usher to your seat.b. To go after in pursuit: would follow his enemy to the ends of the earth.c. To keep under surveillance: The agent followed the suspect around town.2. a. To move along the course of; take: We followed the path.b. To move in the direction of; be guided by: followed the sun westward; followed the signs to the zoo.c. To lie in the same path as: The road follows the old trading route.d. To be parallel to: The road follows the river.3. To accept the guidance, command, or leadership of: follow a spiritual master; rebels who refused to follow their leader.4. To adhere to; practice: followed family traditions.5. To take as a model or precedent; imitate: followed my example and resigned.6. a. To act in agreement or compliance with; obey: follow the rules; follow one's instincts.b. To keep to or stick to: followed the recipe; follow a diet.7. To engage in (a trade or occupation); work at.8. To come after in order, time, or position: Night follows day.9. To bring something about at a later time than or as a consequence of: She followed her lecture with a question-and-answer period. The band followed its hit album with a tour.10. To occur or be evident as a consequence of: Your conclusion does not follow your premise.11. a. To watch or observe closely: followed the bird through binoculars.b. To be attentive to; pay close heed to: too sleepy to follow the sermon.c. To keep oneself informed of the course, progress, or fortunes of: follow the stock market; followed the local teams.12. To grasp the meaning or logic of; understand: Do you follow my argument?v.intr.1. To come, move, or take place after another person or thing in order or time.2. To occur or be evident as a consequence; result: If you ignore your diet, trouble will follow.3. To grasp the meaning or reasoning of something; understand.n. Games A billiards shot in which the cue ball is struck above center so that it follows the path of the object ball after impact.Phrasal Verbs: follow along To move or proceed in unison or in accord with an example: followed along with the song. follow through1. Sports To carry a stroke to natural completion after hitting or releasing a ball or other object.2. To carry an act, project, or intention to completion; pursue fully: followed through on her promise to fix the oven. follow up To increase the effectiveness or enhance the success of by further action: followed up her interview with an email.Idioms: as follows As will be stated next. Used to introduce a specified enumeration, explanation, or command. follow (one's) nose1. To move straight ahead or in a direct path.2. Informal To be guided by instinct: had no formal training but became a success by following his nose. follow suit1. Games To play a card of the same suit as the one led.2. To do as another has done; follow an example.
[Middle English folowen, from Old English folgian.]
fol′low·er·ship′ n.Synonyms: follow, succeed, ensue, result
These verbs mean to come after something or someone. Follow, the most general, refers to people or things that come after another in time or order or as a consequence or result: You go first, and we'll follow. He disregarded doctor's orders, and a relapse soon followed. To succeed is to come next after another, especially in planned order determined by considerations such as rank, inheritance, or election: The heir apparent succeeded to the throne. Ensue and result are used only of events or conditions that follow another in time. Ensue usually applies to what is a consequence: After the government was toppled, chaos ensued. Result implies that what follows is caused by what has preceded: Driving over the speed limit can result in a fine.Usage Note: As follows (not as follow) is the established form of the idiom regardless of whether the noun that precedes it is singular or plural: The regulations are as follows.Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | follow suit - do what someone else is doingimitate - appear like, as in behavior or appearance; "Life imitate art" |
Translationssuit (suːt) noun1. a set of clothes usually all of the same cloth etc, made to be worn together, eg a jacket, trousers (and waistcoat) for a man, or a jacket and skirt or trousers for a woman. (一套)衣服 （一套）衣服 2. a piece of clothing for a particular purpose. a bathing-suit / diving-suit. 一件(專用)衣服(如遊泳衣) 一套专用衣服（如游泳衣） 3. a case in a law court. He won/lost his suit. 訟案 讼案4. an old word for a formal request, eg a proposal of marriage to a lady. (古)求婚 （古）求婚 5. one of the four sets of playing-cards – spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs. 同花色的一組牌 同花色的一组牌 verb1. to satisfy the needs of, or be convenient for. The arrangements did not suit us; The climate suits me very well. 適合 适合2. (of clothes, styles, fashions etc) to be right or appropriate for. Long hair suits her; That dress doen't suit her. 相配 相配3. to adjust or make appropriate or suitable. He suited his speech to his audience. 使適應，協調 使适应，协调 ˈsuited adjective (negative unsuited) fitted, or appropriate (to or for). I don't think he's suited to/for this work. 適合的 适合的ˈsuitor noun an old word for a man who tries to gain the love of a woman. (古)求婚者 （古）求婚者 ˈsuitcase noun a case with flat sides for clothes etc, used by a person when travelling. He hastily packed his (clothes in his) suitcase. 衣箱 手提箱，衣箱 follow suit to do just as someone else has done. He went to bed and I followed suit. 照著做 照着做suit down to the ground (of eg an arrangement, fashion etc) to suit (a person) completely. The dress suits her down to the ground. 完全適合 完全适合suit oneself to do what one wants to do. 隨自己的意願行事 随自己的意愿行事，自便 follow suit
follow suitTo do the same thing as others, especially by following their example. The phrase comes from card games, where there are four "suits" (diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs). The people in front of us began to file out of the auditorium, and we followed suit. After that studio made that hit musical, plenty of others tried to follow suit.See also: follow, suitfollow suitto follow in the same pattern; to follow someone else's example. (From card games.) 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.See also: follow, suitfollow suitImitate or do as someone else has done, as in Bill decided to leave for the rest of the day, and Mary followed suit. This term comes from card games in which one must play a card from the same suit as the one led. [Mid-1800s] See also: follow, suitfollow suit COMMON If someone follows suit, they do the same thing that someone else has just done. Note: The following expressions refer to the four suits in a pack of cards: diamonds, hearts, clubs, and spades. The company provides childcare for the children of staff members. If only other employers would follow suit. If Tim had a stack of pancakes for breakfast, Emily would follow suit. Note: If you follow suit in a card game, you play a card of the same suit as the previous player. See also: follow, suitfollow suit 1 (in bridge, whist, and other card games) play a card of the suit led. 2 conform to another's actions. 2 2002 History of Scotland The first Earl of Huntly was a Gordon by adoption. Many other lesser men followed suit, assuming the surname of so successful a family. See also: follow, suitfollow ˈsuit act or behave in the way that somebody else has just done: One of the oil companies put up the price of fuel today, and the others are expected to follow suit.If you follow suit in card games, you play a card of the same suit (= either hearts, clubs, diamonds or spades) that has just been played.See also: follow, suit follow suit1. Games To play a card of the same suit as the one led.2. To do as another has done; follow an example.See also: follow, suitfollow suit, toTo imitate someone; to follow someone’s example. The expression comes from card games such as whist or bridge, in which one must play a card of the same suit as that which was led. The practice was literally spelled out in Cotton’s Complete Gamester (1680), but had obviously been transferred by the time Herman Melville used the expression (Moby-Dick, 1851): “I quickly followed suit and descending into the bar-room accosted the grinning landlord.”See also: followEncyclopediaSeefollowLegalSeeFollowfollow suit
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