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Meaning of "follow suit" in the English dictionary

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follow suit


WHAT DOES FOLLOW SUIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Follow suit

In trick-taking games, following suit is the action of playing a card of the same suit as that of the leading suit. A player must follow suit if that player has cards of the leading suit in his hands. If not, he has the choice of playing a trump card to possibly win the game, or rough a different suit. It is also possible that the specific deal has no trump. In that case, any card other than the leading suit played has no value, in most trick-taking games. In some games such as Oh, hell, where the player may need to not get more tricks to win, playing cards other than the leading suit can be useful. For example, consider the following hand: TRUMP: Diamond North: A♠ K♠ 4♥ 9♦ East: Q♣ 10♣ 7♠ 5♦ South: A♣ 3♥ 2♦ J♦ West: 5♠ 5♣ 6♥ 2♠ North leads the deal with K♠. Now, all the other players must follow suit, i.e. play a spade card. East has a spade card, and thus must follow suit by playing 7♠. South, however, does not have any spade card, and thus is allowed to play any card he wants. If he desires to win the deal, he can override North's K♠ by playing a diamond card, for example J♦.

Definition of follow suit in the English dictionary

The definition of follow suit in the dictionary is to play a card of the same suit as the card played immediately before it. Other definition of follow suit is to do the same as someone else.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOLLOW SUIT

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WORDS THAT END LIKE FOLLOW SUIT

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Synonyms and antonyms of follow suit in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «follow suit» into 25 languages

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The translations of follow suit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «follow suit» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

跟风
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

seguir su ejemplo
570 millions of speakers
en

English

follow suit
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

सूट का पालन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تحذو حذوها
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

последовать их примеру
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

seguir o mesmo caminho
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

স্যুট দেখো
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

faire de même
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

menyusul
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

folgen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

後に続く
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

소송을 수행
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Tindakake miturut
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm theo phù hợp
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வழக்கு பின்பற்றவும்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सूट अनुसरण
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Davayı takip et
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

seguire l´esempio
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

naśladownictwa
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

наслідувати їхній приклад
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

urmeze exemplul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακολουθήσουν το παράδειγμά τους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voorbeeld volg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

följa efter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

følge etter
5 millions of speakers

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6 QUOTES WITH «FOLLOW SUIT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word follow suit.
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Mohamed El-Erian
It is hard to imagine that, having downgraded the US, S & P will not follow suit on at least one of the other members of the dwindling club of sovereign AAAs. If this were to materialise and involve a country like France, for example, it could complicate the already fragile efforts by Europe to rescue countries in its periphery.
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Renee Ellmers
If technology and communications can adapt to people's modern lifestyles, then why can't our labor laws follow suit? Private-sector businesses continue to live under an outdated federal mandate that says the only way to compensate for overtime is through cash wages.
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Liam Fox
If Iran becomes a nuclear weapon state it is the end of non-proliferation as we know it. If Iran gets a nuclear weapon you are likely to see Saudi, Egypt and other countries follow suit and we will bequeath to the next generation a nuclear arms race in the world's most unstable region.
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Tommy Hilfiger
Over the last 15 years we've developed our brand into a global brand and we wanted our giving to follow suit.
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Nicki Minaj
It's not hard to get your way when it's your way or the highway. People either follow suit or they're not around. I don't really like the sound of that, 'cause that sounds like a temper tantrum. I'm just very black and white when it comes to my business. There's really no gray area.
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Winthrop Rockefeller
I yearn to see other chief executives throughout the nation follow suit, so that as a people we may hasten the elimination of barbarism as a tool of American justice.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOLLOW SUIT»

Discover the use of follow suit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to follow suit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Card Games For Dummies
So what happens if you can't follow suit? Well, here is where the concept of the trump suit comes in. Many of the trick-taking games have a trump suit, which has special powers. You may like to think of this as the “boss” suit, which outranks all  ...
Barry Rigal, 2011
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Winning 42: Strategy & Lore of the National Game of Texas
The double-blank would be the most powerful domino of the hand. FOLLOW SUIT — Each player must follow suit when it is his turn to play on each trick. That is, he must play a domino from the same suit of the first domino played in each trick.
Dennis Roberson, 2004
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Contract Bridge for Beginners: A Simple Concise Guide on ...
When a trump is led, the other three players must follow suit if they are able to. In other words, the follow-suit rule applies to trumps as well as to the other suits. Remember that a player may not ruff if he is able to follow suit. Remember, too, that ...
Charles Goren, 1971
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2/1 Game Force a Modern Approach: For Beginning and ...
Count is also opposite of standard, high-low is odd and low-high is even. When you cannot follow suit, a low card in a suit is encouraging and a high card is discouraging. Most partnerships playing 2/1 use this approach since high values are ...
Neil H Timm Ph D, Neil H. Timm, 2011
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Game Preview:
These requirement systems are ordered lists of instructions where players must follow the "top" instruction they can satisfy. For example: ○ In Bridge a player must: r Follow suit, if able; r Otherwise, play any card. ○ In some versions of Hearts, ...
Nicolae Sfetcu, 2014
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The Book of Card Games: The Complete Rules to the Classics, ...
Play continues to the left and players must follow suit if they can, or play any other one card from their hand. The highest card in that suit led wins the trick and that player leads the next trick. If he leads a card from the trump suit, you must follow ...
Nikki Katz, 2013
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Introductory Duplicate Bridge
When you cannot follow suit you often have several useless cards that you could discard. Hence this gives you an excellent opportunity to use this discard for signaling. The most simple signaling is that you agree that the first card you discard ...
Anders Hansson, 2013
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The Everything Card Games Book: A complete guide to over 50 ...
The player to the right of the person who granded the bids starts the game by laying his first card. He may play any card in his hand. Play continues clockwise around the table. When it's your turn you must follow suit, if you can, by playing a  ...
Nikki Katz, 2004
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Research Ethics: A Philosophical Guide to the Responsible ...
The other three players must then follow suit. Following suit is a rule that requires the second, third, and fourth players to play a card of whatever suit the first player plays. If Hearts is led, all other players must lay down Hearts if they have one.
Gary Comstock, 2013
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天天學英語短語
+, !"#$%&suit !"#$%&'() A: That'sawonderfuldress you are wearing today. !"#$%&' () B: Thank you. I made it myself. I'm only following suit. It's quitefashionable. !"#$ %& "'()*+,-. /0 !"#$%& 1. If you are going to wear T-shirt and jeans, I'll follow suit.
李小青, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOLLOW SUIT»

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US Navy Triples Maternity Leave, Air Force Looks to Follow Suit
The US Navy made schedules a lot more flexible for working mothers last week, announcing they are tripling their maternity leave. On July 2 ... «Town Hall, Jul 15»
2
Report: Jimbo Fisher bans FSU players from bars …
More teams need to follow suit and they need to start kicking them off teams if there is reasonable belief of an assault ... More should follow suit. «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»
3
Get Ready For Harley Quinn to Steal Suicide Squad - CINEMABLEND
And while the footage from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice already hit the Web, David Ayer's Suicide Squad needs to follow suit«Cinema Blend, Jul 15»
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Brian Johnson 'Excited,' 'Confident' In First Call-Up To Boston Red …
Perhaps Johnson will follow suit. “Ever since I was 5 years old, this is your goal to get here,” Johnson said. “Watching Eduardo go up there and ... «NESN.com, Jul 15»
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Arkansas governor finds himself in unfamiliar role on same-sex …
... Buren County Clerk Pam Bradford said last week her office wouldn't issue licenses to same-sex couples and urged other clerks to follow suit, ... «Memphis Commercial Appeal, Jul 15»
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Real estate mogul steering GOP field into tough topics | Boston Herald
... his chances in the long term, O'Brien said Trump is giving voice to a portion of the constituency, and fellow candidates may try to follow suit. «Boston Herald, Jul 15»
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Greek car market vanishes | Arab News
There is fear that other euro- countries may follow suit and ask for less austere measures or even ask for a bailout. Mathias Wissman, president ... «Arab News, Jul 15»
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Dems warm up to GOP tax plan | TheHill
Ryan has said that the U.S. needs to follow suit, and get away from a system that is “killing American jobs” and “eroding our tax base.”. «The Hill, Jul 15»
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Finnish fans can get their money back - should Ireland follow suit?
Last week, Finland's Consumer Disputes Board ruled that ticket holders are entitled to a 50 per cent refund if a performance is objectively muck ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
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German president hopes to follow Ireland on marriage equality
German president Joachim Gauck has praised Ireland's “sincere” debate on marriage equality, calling on Germany to follow suit. In a clear nod ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
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