follow the crowd

Verb

Meaning

follow the crowd (third-person singular simple present follows the crowd, present participle following the crowd, simple past and past participle followed the crowd)

(idiomatic) To conform to majority beliefs, opinions, or practices.
As much as the next guy, I don't like to follow the crowd.

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Unfortunately, those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it. Rick Warren

A charming woman... doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself. Loretta Young

Only the self-sufficient stand alone - most people follow the crowd and imitate. Bruce Lee

Never follow the crowd. Bernard Baruch

Thinking things through is hard work and it sometimes seems safer to follow the crowd. That blind adherence to such group thinking is, in the long run, far more dangerous than independently thinking things through. Thomas Watson, Jr.

Think of it: television producers joining with newspapers to tell stories. It's journalism of the future. Advertising will follow the crowd - the 'crowd' being viewers and readers, of course, which could bring revenue back into journalism. Bill Kurtis

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