Speakur

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keeps up with the joneses

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables
keep-s up with- the jone-ses
IPA
45
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of keep up with the Joneses

Questions

What does keeps up with the joneses mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of keep up with the Joneses

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