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# bandwagon

«bandwagon» in Mova's school dictionary: **Something that suddenly becomes popular, which many…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a bandwagon, bandwagons)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (idiom) Something that suddenly becomes popular, which many people join just because others do: «jump on the bandwagon». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandwagon/#m1)

2) A large cart that carried a band playing music in a parade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandwagon/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons about persuasion, adverts and politics, the «bandwagon effect» is a trick: «everyone is buying it, so you should too». Thinking for yourself means not just jumping on the bandwagon. Phrases: «jump on the bandwagon», «climb on the bandwagon».

### examples

- When the toy became popular, everyone jumped on the bandwagon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandwagon/#x1)
- The advert used the bandwagon trick: «Everyone has one!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandwagon/#x2)
- Don't just join the bandwagon; decide what you think. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandwagon/#x3)
- In old parades the band rode on a bandwagon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandwagon/#x4)
- Lots of fans jumped on the bandwagon once the team started winning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandwagon/#x5)
- The fidget spinner bandwagon didn't last long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandwagon/#x6)

### note

One word. Almost always used in the idiom «jump/climb on the bandwagon», which can sound a bit critical: joining for popularity, not because you believe in it.

### In the corpora

- [The bandwagon trap says: lots of people do it or say it, so it must be right.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bandwagon» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandwagon/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.