单词 | to run with the herd |
释义 | > as lemmasto run (also go) with the herd to run (also go) with the herd: to conform to prevailing opinions or tendencies. Cf. to swim with the stream at swim v. 1c. ΚΠ 1681 R. Baxter Poet. Fragm. 47 The common fury and their Lusts obey: Run with the Herd: Mirth and the Rabbles noise Drown Reason's Plea. 1695 J. Locke Reasonableness of Christianity 259 They were fain, in their outward Professions and Worship, to go with the Herd, and keep to the Religion established by Law. 1779 Monthly Rev. Aug. 153 So far our Author runs with the herd; but in order to supply the deficiencies of all who wrote before him, he adds, [etc.]. 1863 ‘Aleph’ London Scenes & London People 355 Individuals often suppose they are absolute masters of their own actions at the moment they are running with the herd or swimming with the stream. 1918 J. Hay Mrs Marden's Ordeal xxii. 234 We do as others do, because it is so easy to run with the herd. And yet, I dare say, nobody has ever yet come very close to the stars by running with the herd. 1950 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 16 Oct. 11/1 Coaches [in American football]..go with the herd in self-defense. 1995 Artichoke Spring 11/1 Why run with the herd?.. I'm hopelessly independent. 2010 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 18 Apr. 13 His pro-Israel stance can be seen as another aspect of his refusal to run with the herd. < as lemmas |
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