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bandwagon
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*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.

get/jump/leap on the bandwagon
to become involved in an activity which is successful so that you can get the advantages of it yourself The success of the product led many companies to jump on the bandwagon. Publishers are rushing to get on the CD-ROM bandwagon.
See also: get

jump on the bandwagon also get on the bandwagon
to support something that is popular Publishers jumped on the CD-ROM bandwagon even though they didn't know if they could sell CD-ROMs.
See also: jump


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primacy--and the bandwagoning effect--has also given us extensive influence in international politics, allowing the United States to shape the behavior of states and international institutions.
The editors contend that both regionalism and inter-regionalism under the "new wave" are quite complementary processes to globalism, and the systemic perspective is of utmost importance for the various functions of inter-regionalism, from balancing and bandwagoning and agenda setting, to collective identity building (pp.
Brittany got all lachrymose because William accused her of bandwagoning on his outsider status.
 
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