pile on (English, verb)
expansion: pile on (third-person singular simple present piles on, present participle piling on, simple past and past participle piled on)
Senses:
glosses: To jump on top of someone or something quickly.
tags: ambitransitive
glosses: To criticize someone or something in a concerted effort; to add on some additional critique.
tags: ambitransitive
figuratively
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To unnecessarily extend the margin of a winning score.
tags: figuratively
intransitive
glosses: To add or apply in great quantities.
tags: informal
transitive
Forms:
form: piles on
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: piling on
tags: participle
present
form: piled on
tags: participle
past
form: piled on
tags: past