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follow the leader

follow the leader is the alternative spelling of follow-the-leader.

Meaning of follow-the-leader

Noun

follow-the-leader (uncountable)

  1. A children's game in which each person in a line replicates the actions of the one in front.

Forms of follow the leader

third-person singular presentfollows the leader
present participlefollowing the leader
past participlefollowed the leader
pastfollowed the leader

Questions about follow the leader

What is follow the leader the alternative spelling of?
Follow the leader is the alternative spelling of follow-the-leader.

Words near follow the leader in the dictionary

  1. follow that
  2. follow the bee
  3. follow the crowd
  4. follow the hounds
  5. follow the lady
  6. follow the leader
  7. follow the money
  8. follow the sun
  9. follow the wind
  10. follow through
  11. follow to the grave

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Adapted from Wiktionary: follow the leader (page history and authors); follow-the-leader (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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