bandwagon

bandwagon
noun
VERB + BANDWAGON
climb on, join, jump on

Competitors have jumped on the bandwagon and started building similar machines.

BANDWAGON + VERB
be rolling, gather momentum, gather pace, sweep along (all esp. BrE)

The Scottish Nationalist bandwagon is gathering pace.

The globalization bandwagon is gathering momentum.

BANDWAGON + NOUN
effect

There is now a bandwagon effect with more and more companies following the trend.

PREPOSITION
on board a/the bandwagon

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  • bandwagon — also band wagon, 1855, Amer.Eng., from BAND (Cf. band) (2) + WAGON (Cf. wagon), originally a large wagon used to carry the band in a circus procession; as these also figured in celebrations of successful political campaigns, being on the… …   Etymology dictionary

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