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bandwagon
band·wag·on B0056200 (bănd′wăg′ən)n.1. An elaborately decorated wagon used to transport musicians in a parade.2. Informal A cause or party that attracts increasing numbers of adherents: young voters climbing aboard the party's bandwagon.3. Informal A current trend: "Even brand-name [drug] companies ... have jumped on the generics bandwagon" (Beth Howard).
band′wag′on·ing n.bandwagon (ˈbændˌwæɡən) n1. US a wagon, usually high and brightly coloured, for carrying the band in a parade2. jump on the bandwagon climb on the bandwagon get on the bandwagon to join or give support to a party or movement that seems to be assured of successband•wag•on (ˈbændˌwæg ən)
n. a large ornate wagon for carrying band musicians, as in a circus. Idioms: climb or jump on the bandwagon, to join a party, cause, movement, etc., that appears to be gaining popular support. [1850–55, Amer.] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | bandwagon - a popular trend that attracts growing support; "when they saw how things were going everybody jumped on the bandwagon"vogue, style, trend - the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own" | | 2. |  bandwagon - a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band; "the gaudy bandwagon led the circus parade"waggon, wagon - any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor |
Translationsbandwagon
climb on the bandwagonTo join or follow something once it is successful or popular. I can't stand these people who just climb on the bandwagon after a win. Where were they last year when the team was terrible? A: "I thought your mom hated that candidate." B: "Well, he's the president now, so she's climbed on the bandwagon."See also: bandwagon, climb, onleap on the bandwagonTo join or follow something once it is successful or popular. I can't stand these people who just leap on the bandwagon after a win. Where were they last year when the team was terrible? A: "I thought your mom hated that candidate." B: "Well, he's the president now, so she just leaped on the bandwagon."See also: bandwagon, leap, onget on the bandwagonTo join or follow something once it is successful or popular. I can't stand these people who just get on the bandwagon after a win. Where were they last year when the team was terrible? A: "I thought your mom hated that candidate." B: "Well, he's the president now, so she decided to get on the bandwagon."See also: bandwagon, get, onjump on the bandwagonTo join or follow something once it is successful or popular. I can't stand these people who just jump on the bandwagon after a win. Where were they last year when the team was terrible? A: "I thought your mom hated that candidate." B: "Well, he's the president now, so she decided to jump on the bandwagon."See also: bandwagon, jump, onon the bandwagonHaving 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.See also: bandwagon, on*on the bandwagonFig. 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.See also: bandwagon, onon the bandwagon, getAlso, climb or hop or jump on the bandwagon . Join a cause or movement, as in More and more people are getting on the bandwagon to denounce cigarette smoking. This expression alludes to a horse-drawn wagon carrying a brass band, used to accompany candidates on campaign tours in the second half of the 1800s. By about 1900 it was extended to supporting a campaign or other cause. See also: get, onjump on the bandwagon COMMON If someone jumps on the bandwagon, they suddenly become involved in an activity because it is likely to succeed or it is fashionable. There will always be people ready to jump on the bandwagon and start classes in whatever is fashionable, with little or no training. Why are so many stars now jumping on the fashionable green bandwagon?. Note: Verbs such as climb, get, leap and join are sometimes used instead of jump. A lot of people are climbing on the bandwagon of selling financial services to women. Note: These expressions are usually used in a disapproving way. Note: You can also say that someone is bandwagon-jumping. We welcome any campaign on safety issues, but we don't like the bandwagon-jumping of this organization. Note: Bandwagon is also used in other phrases such as someone's bandwagon is rolling, to mean that an activity or movement is getting increasing support. Major's team believe his bandwagon is rolling with support coming from both sides of the party. Note: In American elections in the past, political rallies often included a band playing on a horse-drawn wagon (= a covered vehicle pulled by horses). Politicians sat on the wagon and those who wanted to show their support climbed on it. See also: bandwagon, jump, onjump on the bandwagon join others in doing something or supporting a cause that is fashionable or likely to be successful. Bandwagon was originally the US term for a large wagon able to carry a band of musicians in a procession.See also: bandwagon, jump, onclimb/jump on the ˈbandwagon (informal, disapproving) do something that others are already doing because it is successful or fashionable: As soon as their policies became popular, all the other parties started to climb on the bandwagon.At political celebrations in the USA, there was often a band on a large decorated vehicle (= a bandwagon). If somebody joined a particular ‘bandwagon’, they publicly supported that politician in order to benefit from their success.See also: bandwagon, climb, jump, onon 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. See also: bandwagon, onon the bandwagon, to get/climb/hopTo join the cause, movement, or party. The original bandwagon was a horse-drawn wagon bearing a brass band, used in a circus parade. In the second half of the nineteenth century such wagons began to be used in political campaigns as well, accompanying a candidate on speech-making tours. During William Jennings Bryan’s presidential campaign of 1900 the term began to be extended to mean supporting the movement itself. It also was used in Britain: “The Mirror . . . does not jump on bandwagons . . . it isn’t, never has been, and never will be a tin can tied to a political party’s tail” (Daily Mirror, 1966; cited by William Safire).See also: climb, get, hop, onbandwagon
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