on the bandwagon, get
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Also,. 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.
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see on the bandwagon.
Example Sentences
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"People get on the bandwagon and are not aware of what they're getting themselves into and what they stand to lose," she says.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2022
So I’m just gonna get on the bandwagon, I suppose and allow myself some sort of moral indiscretion and enjoy it.’”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2021
In his letter, Mr. Walker called on endowments of all kinds, including pension funds, sovereign-wealth funds and university endowments, to get on the bandwagon and “help capital markets become accelerators of justice.”
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2017
Retailers may be more apt to get on the bandwagon when they can see more use cases.
From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2017
“There’s a certain percentage of the population who didn’t get on the bandwagon, and another portion that maybe had too much yogurt,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2016
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