The wrestler piled the referee onto his unconscious opponent.
•We piled the kids on the heap of leaves we had raked up.
•Pile on the chili! What's a hot dog without chili?
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
pile on — ● pile * * * pile on [phrasal verb] 1 pile on (something) : to put a large amount of (something) on something or someone He piled on the gravy. The teacher punished the class by piling on more work. [=the teacher punished the class by giving them … Useful english dictionary
pile on the agony — british mainly journalism phrase to make someone feel even worse than they do, especially by scoring more points against them in a sport Thesaurus: to make something worsesynonym Main entry: agony * * * pile on the ˈagony/ˈgloom idiom ( … Useful english dictionary
pile — [[t]pa͟ɪl[/t]] ♦♦♦ piles, piling, piled 1) N COUNT: usu N of n A pile of things is a mass of them that is high in the middle and has sloping sides. ...a pile of sand. ...a little pile of crumbs... The leaves had been swept into huge piles. Syn … English dictionary
pile — pile1 [ paıl ] noun ** ▸ 1 things put on things ▸ 2 large amount of something ▸ 3 surface of cloth/carpet ▸ 4 piling ▸ 5 hemorrhoids ▸ 6 very large old building ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a number of things put on top of each other: She sorted her… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pile on — phrasal verb Word forms pile on : present tense I/you/we/they pile on he/she/it piles on present participle piling on past tense piled on past participle piled on 1) [intransitive] to increase something by a large amount, or to do it a lot a team … English dictionary
pile up — phrasal verb Word forms pile up : present tense I/you/we/they pile up he/she/it piles up present participle piling up past tense piled up past participle piled up 1) [transitive] same as pile II, 1) Newspapers and magazines were piled up on the… … English dictionary
pile it on — (informal) EXAGGERATE, overstate the case, make a mountain out of a molehill, overdo it, overplay it, over dramatize; informal lay it on thick, lay it on with a trowel. → pile * * * pile it on (informal) To overdo or exaggerate something • • •… … Useful english dictionary
whale into someone or something — in. to ttack someone or something. □ Jimmy’s dad really whaled into him. □ The guy whaled into the logs and had a nice wood pile by noon … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
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pick — pick1 W1S1 [pık] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(choose something)¦ 2¦(flowers/fruit etc)¦ 3¦(remove something)¦ 4 pick your way through/across/among etc something 5 pick your nose 6 pick your teeth 7 pick somebody s brains 8 pick a quarrel/fight (with… … Dictionary of contemporary English
List of Marvel Family enemies — Through his adventures, Fawcett Comics/DC Comics superhero Captain Marvel and his Marvel Family gained a host of enemies, including the following: Contents 1 Acrobat 2 Adolf Hitler 3 Amoeba Family … Wikipedia
