noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
keep up with the Joneses (= try to have the same new impressive possessions that other people have )
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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The adverts scold us and cajole us and wheedle us and fawn us to keep up with the Joneses .
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The newspaper reports the affair wholly within the rhetoric of the Joneses .
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We want something better than just money and keeping up with the Joneses .