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join the club

Idioms  
  1. A phrase used to express sympathy for a common experience. For example, You waited three hours for the doctor? Join the club! [c. 1940]


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"Nobody else can ever join the club and none of us have ever wanted to leave it."

From BBC • May 3, 2026

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe is now proposing to join the club.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The man he persuaded to join the club when Rangers were getting uppity in 2016 and needed putting back in a box.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

Straus will join the club on June 1, when his season in Germany ends.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025

He says that’s why it surprised him that I didn’t want to join the club at first.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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