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 Suisse.Suit of Dittos (A). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Suit (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.   1
 


 Suisse.Suit of Dittos (A). 

 
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