on the bandwagon

on the bandwagon

Having joined or following along with what is successful, popular, or common among the majority of people. I don't think most people actually care about his politics, they just like getting on the bandwagon of outrage. You're not a fan! You just climb on the bandwagon whenever the team is in the playoffs.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*on the bandwagon

Fig. on the popular side (of an issue); taking a popular position. (*Typically: be ~; climb ~; get ~; hop ~; jump ~.) You really should get on the bandwagon. Everyone else is. Jane has always had her own ideas about things. She's not the kind of person to jump on the bandwagon.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

on the bandwagon

mod. with the majority; following the latest fad. (Often with hop, get, climb, or jump.) Tom always has to climb on the bandwagon. He does no independent thinking.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • along the beaten track
  • beaten
  • (there are) too many chiefs and not enough Indians
  • chief
  • force of numbers
  • come from far and wide
  • big and bold
  • a couple of (people or things)
  • couple
  • couple of
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