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To flatten a sail
To fling about
To fling away
To fling out
To float with the stream
To flush a joints
To fly a kite
To fly about
To fly around
To fly at
To fly in the face of
To fly off
To fly on
To fly open
To fly out
To fob off
-- To follow suit --
To follow the hounds
To follow up
To fool away
To foot a bill
To foot it
To foreclose a mortgage
To foreclose a mortgager
To forestall the market
To forget one's self
To fork over
To form on
To forswear one's self
To freeze up
To freshen ballast
To freshen the hawse
To freshen the way

To follow suit

(Card Playing) to play a card of the same suit as the leading card; hence, colloquially, to follow an example set.
(Card Playing) See under Follow, v. t.
To mimic the action of another person; to perform an action similar to what has preceded; as, when she walked in, John left the room and his wife followed suit.
(Card Playing) the suit{8} of which a player has the largest number of cards in his hand; as, his long suit was clubs, but his partner insisted on making hearts trumps..
that quality or capability which is a person's best asset; as, we could see from the mess in his room that neatness was not his long suit.
same as long suit, (b).
- Bill Disbrow (basketball coach) 1998.

See also: Follow Suit Suit Suit Suit Suit

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