# jump on the bandwagon

Pronunciation: say "jump on thuh BAND-wag-uhn" US /ˌd͡ʒʌmp ɑn ðə ˈbændˌwæɡən/, UK /ˌd͡ʒʌmp ɒn ðə ˈbændwæɡən/; AUS say "JUMP on thuh BAND-wag-uhn"

## Idiom

1. To join a popular trend or movement, often to gain advantage once it has already become successful.
   - Simple: To start doing or supporting something just because many other people already are.
   - _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._

## 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.

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