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suit oneself Definition


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suit
noun
    1. A set of clothes designed to be worn together, usually made from the same or contrasting material and which consists of a jacket and either trousers or a skirt and sometimes a waistcoat.
      Thesaurus: clothes, ensemble, outfit, costume, uniform, dress.
    2. An outfit worn on specified occasions or for a specified activity.
      Example: wet suit
      Example: suit of armour
    3. Any of the four groups (clubs, diamonds, hearts or spades) that a pack of playing-cards is divided into.
    4. A legal action taken against someone; a lawsuit.
      Thesaurus: case, trial, lawsuit, proceeding, appeal, litigation, prosecution, petition.
    5. disparaging
      A businessman.
verb suited, suiting
    tr & intr
    1. To be acceptable to or what is required by someone.
    2. To be appropriate to, in harmony with, or attractive to someone or something.
      Thesaurus: befit, agree with, correspond to, fit, harmonize with, match.
Derivative: suited
adj
    Dressed in a suit.
Idiom: follow suit
    To play a card of the same suit as the card first played.
    To do the same as someone else has done.
Idiom: suit oneself
    To do what one wants to do, especially without considering others.
Etymology: 13c: from French sieute a set of things, from sivre to follow.



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