piling on (English, noun)
expansion: piling on (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A fighting tactic wherein multiple people attack another.
An illegal strategy wherein players tackle an opposing player.
tags: uncountable
glosses: A fighting tactic wherein multiple people attack another.
The process by which additional combatants join an ongoing fight or argument when they think they know who will win so that they will be on the winning side.
tags: uncountable
glosses: A fighting tactic wherein multiple people attack another.
The process by which multiple people pick on, complain about or list the faults of their target.
tags: uncountable
glosses: An ongoing increase in a change or phenomenon, such as the popularity of a fad.
The steady addition of more problems to an already problematic situation or circumstance.
tags: broadly
uncountable
glosses: An ongoing increase in a change or phenomenon, such as the popularity of a fad.
Doing more and more (of something), especially when it is inappropriate or problematic, such as by continuing to break a diet
tags: broadly
uncountable
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