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keep up with the Joneses

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keep up with the Joneses
to try to own all the same things as people you know in order to seem as good as them. Her only concern in life was keeping up with the Joneses.
See also: keep


keep up with the Joneses
to have all the same things as other people to avoid looking poor or old-fashioned. In this neighborhood, keeping up with the Joneses has become an art form.
See also: keep


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Even with a small center, maintaining facilities is costly, so offering enough extras to keep up with the Joneses is rapidly becoming an expensive proposition, even for the well-heeled centers.
``They're not trying to keep up with the Joneses, they're trying to set the pace for the Joneses,'' said Barry Allen, head of a City Hall watchdog group called Vanguard.
Others mismanage their incomes and live beyond their means to keep up with the Joneses.
 
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