"follow the crowd" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-follow the crowd.ogg Forms: follows the crowd [present, singular, third-person], following the crowd [participle, present], followed the crowd [participle, past], followed the crowd [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} follow the crowd (third-person singular simple present follows the crowd, present participle following the crowd, simple past and past participle followed the crowd)
  1. (idiomatic) To conform to majority beliefs, opinions, or practices. Tags: idiomatic Translations (conform): 隨大流 (Chinese Mandarin), 随大流 (suídàliú) (Chinese Mandarin), kulkea joukon mukana (Finnish), kulkea lauman mukana (Finnish), ser maria vai com as outras (Portuguese), ir pela cabeça dos outros (Portuguese), ir na onda dos outros (Portuguese), gå med strömmen (Swedish), tjuta med vargarna (Swedish), tjuta med ulvarna (Swedish), bära kappan på båda axlarna (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic) To conform to majority beliefs, opinions, or practices."
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          "word": "tjuta med ulvarna"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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      "sense": "conform",
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      "sense": "conform",
      "word": "ser maria vai com as outras"
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      "sense": "conform",
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      "word": "tjuta med vargarna"
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      "sense": "conform",
      "word": "tjuta med ulvarna"
    },
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