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Word of the Day: Follow suit
It’s challenging, you know, to come up with a little story to introduce a new word, idiom or phrase each day.
That’s OK, though, because I enjoy the challenge.
So, today’s term is follow suit.
What I can tell you is that it has nothing to do with suits and everything to do with playing cards.
I suppose there may be a slight connection because some people do where suits when they play cards, but I may be stretching it a bit.
Anyways, here I am rambling on, and you still don’t know what follow suit means.
To put it simply, following suit means doing the same thing as someone else, which, by the way, goes against everything I believe in.
I believe we are all unique, and going against the grain is what makes life worth living.
But then again, that’s probably just me.
Follow suit does originate with card games, though.
A deck of cards has four suits: hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades.
When you play a card from the same suit as someone before you has played, you…
That’s right!
You follow suit.
Simple, right?
So, in life, if you do the same thing as someone else, you…
Right again!
You follow suit.
If three of your best friends purchase new shoes and you want to be like them, what do you do?
Of course, you follow suit and buy new shoes, too.
I know you follow suit by purchasing new shoes, but you get my meaning, and now you understand what today’s word of the day means.
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