| 单词 | to follow in suit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto follow in suit (a) In various card games: to play a card of the same suit as the leading card. Formerly also †to follow in suit.In quot. 1643 with the card personified. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play at cards [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics pass1599 pluck1606 pulla1625 to play high1640 to follow suit1643 to play at forsat1674 lead1677 overdrawc1805 stand1813 retract1823 underplay1850 to hold up1879 to throw in one's hand1893 build1901 build-down1983 1643 Bloody Game at Cards 5 This being whispered into the eares of the Spade-men, they all began to follow Suit in a mutinous manner, to set forth many thousand Spade-men against the King of Hearts. 1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) 61 The elder begins and younger follows in suit as at Whisk. 1788 J. Beaufort Hoyle's Games Impr. 15 Having but two or three small trumps, he should never force his partner to trump, if he finds he cannot follow suit. 1849 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) II. 663/2 If a person happens not to follow suite, or trump a suite. 1889 L. P. Hale Fagots for Fireside 148 As in whist, the player next the dealer leads a card, which must be followed in suit by the other players. 2005 B. Rigal Card Games for Dummies (ed. 2) 138 Cards rank in the standard order, with aces high, and you have to follow suit..if you can. < as lemmas |
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