bandwagon
noun /ˈbændwæɡən/
/ˈbændwæɡən/
[usually singular]Idioms - an activity that more and more people are becoming involved in
- The World Cup bandwagon is starting to roll.
Extra Examples- The Scottish Nationalist bandwagon is gathering pace.
- The globalization bandwagon is gathering momentum.
- They seem to have got an anti-government bandwagon rolling.
- There is now a bandwagon effect with more and more companies following the trend.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + bandwagon- climb on
- join
- jump on
- …
- be rolling
- gather momentum
- gather pace
- …
- effect
- on board a/the bandwagon
Idioms
climb/jump on the bandwagon
- (informal, disapproving) to join others in doing something that is becoming fashionable because you hope to become popular or successful yourself
- politicians eager to jump on the environmental bandwagon