(1 syl ) To follow suit To follow the leader; to do as those do who are taken as your exemplars The term is from games of cards
A number of things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes
A suit is one of the four types of card in a set of playing cards. These are hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. see also bathing suit, birthday suit, boiler suit, trouser suit
a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "its was a brief and intense courtship"
To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; - usually followed by with or to
If people follow suit, they do the same thing that someone else has just done. Efforts to persuade the remainder to follow suit have continued
If a piece of clothing or a particular style or colour suits you, it makes you look attractive. Green suits you
The attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery