Idiom
follow the crowd
Meaning
To conform to majority beliefs, opinions, or practices.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“It is easier to follow the crowd than to be different.”
“Instead of choosing the clothes she actually liked, she decided to follow the crowd and buy what was popular.”
“While many people feel safer when they follow the crowd, true leaders often find their strength by choosing a path that others have not yet traveled.”
Examples
simple
“It is easier to follow the crowd than to be different.”
contextual
“Instead of choosing the clothes she actually liked, she decided to follow the crowd and buy what was popular.”
complex
“While many people feel safer when they follow the crowd, true leaders often find their strength by choosing a path that others have not yet traveled.”
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