trend; tendency

direction; trend

to become more and more

to converge

to change from one state and gradually become another

driving force

(of economic activity, international relations etc) to cool

to ingratiate oneself

to fawn on

(idiom) the prevailing trend; the trend of the times; an inevitable direction

increasingly

(increasing) day by day

to tend towards

(literary) to follow current trends; to conform to the fashion of the times

to approach (a numerical value)

to slow down

upward trend; tendency to increase

to blindly follow suit (idiom)

(idiom) to make the most of the benefits while avoiding adverse effects

to seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom)

to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power

see 亦步亦趨|亦步亦趋[yi4 bu4 yi4 qu1]

chemotaxis (movement of leukocytes under chemical stimulus)

to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable