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keep up with the joneses

To do or buy things for status, show, or image rather than out of need, especially for the purpose of competing with friends or neighbors.

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Do you really need a fancy new car or are you just trying to keep up with the Joneses?.

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Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'keep up with the joneses':

Keep Up With the JonesesTo live up to like ones neighbors, to maintain a living standard as one’s influential neighbors have
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