pile on
Definition of pile on
US, informal
: to join other people in criticizing something or someone in usually an unfair way After the first few negative reviews, all the other critics started piling on.
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: a long slender column usually of timber, steel, or reinforced concrete driven into the ground to carry a vertical load
: a wedge-shaped heraldic charge usually placed vertically with the broad end up
: a target-shooting arrowhead without cutting edges
: to drive piles into
: to lay or place in a pile : stack
: to heap in abundance : load
: to move or press forward in or as if in a mass : crowd
: a quantity of things heaped together
: a heap of wood for burning a corpse or a sacrifice
: any great number or quantity : lot
: a coat or surface of usually short close fine furry hairs
: a velvety surface produced by an extra set of filling yarns that form raised loops which are cut and sheared
: a single hemorrhoid
: hemorrhoids
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