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suit
nouns
suit somebody's needs/requirements
• The building has been adapted to suit the needs of older people.
suit somebody's taste
• Users can customize the home page to suit their personal tastes.
suit somebody's purpose
• It suited her purpose to let him believe the lie.
suit somebody's mood
• You can adjust the colour of the lighting to suit your mood.
suit somebody's style
• Choose a racket that suits your style of play.
suit the circumstances
• When writing emails, most people vary the style to suit the circumstances.
suit the occasion
• I thought a simple black dress would suit the occasion.
suit somebody's pocket
(= cost as much as they feel they can pay )
• The choice is wide, with something to suit everyone's pocket.
adverbs
suit somebody well
• Our new house suits us very well.
suit somebody perfectly
• The arrangement suited me perfectly.
suit somebody fine
informal:
• Either Monday or Tuesday would suit me fine for our meeting.
suit somebody down to the ground
informal (= suit someone very well )
• Country life suits you down to the ground.
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Phrase(s): suit someone or something to something
to match someone or something to something. • I am sorry, but we don’t suit the worker to the job. We find a job that suits the worker. • Let’s try to suit a new sports jacket to the slacks you have on., Phrase(s): suit oneself
to do something one’s own way; to do something to please oneself. • If he doesn’t want to do it my way, he can suit himself.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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noun set of clothes ADJ. designer, elegant, immaculate, smart, well-cut | ill-fitting | off-the-peg | best, good He wore his one good suit to the interview. | tailored | double-breasted, single-breasted | one-piece, three-piece, two-piece | pinstripe/pinstriped | linen, tweed, etc. | summer | business, dinner, evening, dress, formal, lounge, morning, safari | trouser | bathing, diving, wet | ski SUIT + NOUN jacket, trousers PREP. in a ~ Two men in suits came out of the hotel. PHRASES a suit and tie They won't let you into the restaurant without a suit and tie. | a suit of armour The cavalry wore a suit of light armour and carried a shield. | a suit of clothes We bought the baby a couple of suits of clothes. of playing cards ADJ. trump VERB + SUIT follow (= play the same suit as the previous player) SUIT + VERB be trumps Which suit is trumps? | change The suit changed to diamonds. PREP. from/in a/the ~ All the cards have to be from the same suit., verb ADV. admirably, fine, well A camping holiday would suit me fine. You will have to try out the various tennis rackets to find out which one suits you best. | down to the ground (informal), perfectly Country life suits me down to the ground! This arrangement suited me perfectly. VERB + SUIT seem to | adapt sth to, adjust sth to, be designed to, be tailored to a shampoo designed to suit all hair types
Oxford Collocations Dictionary