jump on the bandwagon
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- 1To join a popular trend or movement, often to gain advantage once it has already become successful.
Like climbing aboard a moving parade float once the crowd is already cheering it on.
As soon as electric cars proved profitable, smaller manufacturers rushed to jump on the bandwagon.
Politicians often jump on the bandwagon of any cause that polls well with voters.
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Origin
This American phrase dates from about 1899. A bandwagon carried the musicians at the head of a parade or political rally, beckoning others to follow, so jumping on it came to suggest following the crowd for the excitement rather than from firm conviction. It is first attested in an 1899 letter by Theodore Roosevelt.