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climb on the bandwagon

climb on the bandwagon is the alternative form of jump on the bandwagon.

Meaning of jump on the bandwagon

Verb

jump on the bandwagon (third-person singular simple present jumps on the bandwagon, present participle jumping on the bandwagon, simple past and past participle jumped on the bandwagon)

  1. (idiomatic) To profit from a craze; to join a trend.
    • After the incredible success of Wonka's latest low-fat chocolate bar, Fickelgruber has jumped on the bandwagon, and released a low-fat version.

Forms of climb on the bandwagon

third-person singular presentclimbs on the bandwagon
present participleclimbing on the bandwagon
past participleclimbed on the bandwagon
pastclimbed on the bandwagon

Questions about climb on the bandwagon

What is climb on the bandwagon the alternative form of?
Climb on the bandwagon is the alternative form of jump on the bandwagon.

Words near climb on the bandwagon in the dictionary

  1. climb
  2. climb down
  3. climb down someone's throat
  4. climb downs
  5. climb into
  6. climb on the bandwagon
  7. climb rate
  8. climb rates
  9. climb the ladder
  10. climb the walls
  11. climb up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: climb on the bandwagon (page history and authors); jump on the bandwagon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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