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"text": "As much as the next guy, I don't like to follow the crowd."
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"(idiomatic) To conform to majority beliefs, opinions, or practices."
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "conform",
"word": "隨大流"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suídàliú",
"sense": "conform",
"word": "随大流"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "conform",
"word": "kulkea joukon mukana"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "conform",
"word": "kulkea lauman mukana"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "conform",
"word": "ser maria vai com as outras"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "conform",
"word": "ir pela cabeça dos outros"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "conform",
"word": "ir na onda dos outros"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "conform",
"word": "gå med strömmen"
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"sense": "conform",
"word": "tjuta med vargarna"
},
{
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"sense": "conform",
"word": "tjuta med ulvarna"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "conform",
"word": "bära kappan på båda axlarna"
}
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"sense": "conform",
"word": "隨大流"
},
{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suídàliú",
"sense": "conform",
"word": "随大流"
},
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"sense": "conform",
"word": "kulkea joukon mukana"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "conform",
"word": "kulkea lauman mukana"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "conform",
"word": "ser maria vai com as outras"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "conform",
"word": "ir pela cabeça dos outros"
},
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "conform",
"word": "ir na onda dos outros"
},
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"sense": "conform",
"word": "gå med strömmen"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "conform",
"word": "tjuta med vargarna"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "conform",
"word": "tjuta med ulvarna"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "conform",
"word": "bära kappan på båda axlarna"
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"word": "follow the crowd"
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