Idiom
follow someone off a cliff
Meaning
To follow (a leader or a de facto leader) without question or thought, leading to potentially disastrous consequences.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't follow him off a cliff just because he is popular.”
“The team members blindly followed their manager off a cliff, ignoring the obvious financial risks of the new project.”
“History is full of charismatic leaders who convinced their devoted followers to follow them off a cliff, leading entire nations toward inevitable ruin.”
Examples
simple
“Don't follow him off a cliff just because he is popular.”
contextual
“The team members blindly followed their manager off a cliff, ignoring the obvious financial risks of the new project.”
complex
“History is full of charismatic leaders who convinced their devoted followers to follow them off a cliff, leading entire nations toward inevitable ruin.”
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