jump on the boat

verb

Synonym of jump on the bandwagon.

Meanings

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

present singular third person jumps on the boat · participle present jumping on the boat · participle past jumped on the boat · past jumped on the boat

  1. Synonym of jump on the bandwagon.

    [...] music we created, which inspired many DJs, producers, artists, record companies and many more to jump on the boat. Yes, there were other bands making electronic music before us, the difference being we identified it, we played our music[…]

    2017 October 30, Nick Collins, Julio d'Escrivan, The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 170
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    I didn’t jump on the Taylor Swift boat for a long, long time. When she first released Fearless—an album I didn’t think warranted such an unapologetic, self-assured title—I didn’t really understand what was making her stand out as pop-country singer.

    2014 December 10, Gina Vaynshteyn, “Emotional Stages of Hating to Loving Taylor Swift”, in Bustle

    Synonyms: jump on the bandwagon

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of jump on the bandwagon.

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