- Joneses, keeping up with the
- Not Jones' or Joness or other common variants.
Dictionary of troublesome word. Bill Bryson. 2013.
Joneses, keeping up with the
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Joneses — /john ziz/, n.pl. one s neighbors, friends, business associates, etc.: Keeping up with the Joneses has put him in debt. [1925 30] * * * Joneses [ˈdʒəʊnzɪz] [ˈdʒoʊnzɪz] noun plural Idiom: ↑keep up with the Joneses … Useful english dictionary
Joneses — [[t]ʤo͟ʊnzɪz[/t]] also Jones PHRASE: V inflects If you say that someone is keeping up with the Joneses, you mean that they are doing something in order to show that they have as much money as other people, rather than because they really want to… … English dictionary
Joneses — /john ziz/, n.pl. one s neighbors, friends, business associates, etc.: Keeping up with the Joneses has put him in debt. [1925 30] * * * … Universalium
