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follow suit

[follow suit] {v. phr.} 1. To play a card of the same color and kind that another player has put down. * /When diamonds were led, I had to follow […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

suit up

[suit up] {v. phr.} To don a uniform or sports outfit. * /The veterans like to suit up for the Fourth of July parade./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

suit yourself

[suit yourself] {v. phr.}, {informal} To do what one likes or prefers. * /"I don't care where you want to sleep," he said. "Suit yourself!"/ A Dictionary of American Idioms

birthday suit

[birthday suit] {n.} The skin with no clothes on; complete nakedness. * /The little boys were swimming in their birthday suits./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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