bandwagonnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈbændˌwæɡ.ən/us/ˈbændˌwæɡ.ən/an activity, group, movement, etc. that has become successful or fashionable and so attracts many new people:
a bandwagon effect
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- First one boy at school had that haircut and now they're all jumping on the bandwagon.
- Now it seems that every single charity in town has jumped on the fundraising bandwagon.
- All the kids began to collect and swap the cards, and it wasn't long before other companies got on the bandwagon.
- Now we see another TV company climbing on the 'reality TV' bandwagon.
- Coming after so many films recreating comic-book heroes, is this just another attempt to jump on the bandwagon?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Successful (things or people)
- a heavy hitter idiom
- achiever
- alive
- alpha male
- ascendant
- chart
- fly
- have the world at your feet idiom
- healthy
- high-flyer
- high-flying
- lion
- made
- ride
- roll
- to have arrived idiom
- top-rated
- tried
- triumphant
- up and down idiom
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Idiom(s)
jump/climb/get on the bandwagon