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jump on the bandwagon

유행을 따르다

jump on the bandwagon

💡 Meaning

To start doing or supporting something because it has become popular, not because you genuinely believe in it.

진심으로 믿거나 좋아해서가 아니라, 유행하기 때문에 따라 하거나 지지하기 시작하는 거예요.

🧠 Memory Hook

In 19th-century American politics, candidates rode decorated wagons with a band playing music. Supporters would literally jump onto the moving wagon to show they backed the winner.