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What does “keeping up with the jones” mean

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Keeping up with the Joneses is an idiom in many parts of the English-speaking world referring to the comparison to one's neighbor as a benchmark for social class or the accumulation of material goods. To fail to "keep up with the Joneses" is perceived as demonstrating socio-economic or cultural inferiority.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeping_up_with_the_Joneses

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