run with the pack

VERB

conform

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accommodate attune comply coordinate fit harmonize integrate reconcile tailor yield

STRONG

follow keep mind obey observe proportion square suit tailor-make tune

WEAK

be guided by clean up act don't make waves don't rock the boat fall in with follow beaten path follow the crowd go by the book go with the flow make room meet halfway move over play the game quadrate reconciliate roll with punches shape up straighten up toe the line

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deny disagree oppose prevent refuse reject

STRONG

disobey disregard forget ignore neglect

WEAK

differ fight mismatch not correspond

Example Sentences

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Merrill was known as “the Thundering Herd,” but Rubin did not appear ready to run with the pack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

It would connote a certain offbeat, renegade sensibility for a theater that didn’t intend to run with the pack.

From Washington Post • Jun. 5, 2017

Nintendo is never content to run with the pack when it comes to game design.

From Forbes • May 14, 2015

In 1935, he married Arlette Paraf, a niece of the great art dealer Georges Wildenstein, and no longer had to run with the pack.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gradually he circled faster, pretending to run with the pack in pursuit of a wounded moose.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen

run with the pack

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