follow suit

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follow suit (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 follows suit，現在分詞 following suit，一般過去時及過去分詞 followed suit)

1. (卡片遊戲) 跟牌
2. (俗語) 仿效，照做

   If you are not sure of the proper etiquette, watch what others do and follow suit.

   如果你不知道禮儀的條條框框，你就看別人怎麼做，然後照做就行。

   • 1960 February, R. C. Riley, 「The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future」, 出自 Trains Illustrated，第 98 頁:

     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.

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   • 1984, 「So. Central Rain」, 出自 Reckoning, 演出者 R.E.M.:

     The wise man built his words upon the rocks / But I'm not bound to follow suit

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   • 2014年5月28日, John McWhorter, 「Saint Maya」, 出自 The New Republic‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

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   • 2022年5月4日, Anthony Lambert, 「A revolution in ticketing」, 出自 RAIL, 第 956 期，第 33 頁:

     But unless there is a Damascene conversion in the Treasury, the chances of the UK Government following suit currently look slim.

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