join the club
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Meaning · English
to share a common experience or problem
Literally: become a member of a club
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
and I said alright so what you've got to struggle for five or six years, everybody else, join the club
' Join the club, ' said Connie, but she was glad to see her weak and neurotic neighbour.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “join the club” mean?
to share a common experience or problem Literally: become a member of a club
Is “join the club” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.