Drive carefully if you don't want to pile the car up.
•The driver piled up the car against a tree.
2. to make something into a heap. •Carl piled all the leaves up and set them afire.
•Please pile up the leaves.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
pile something on — informal intensify or exaggerate something for effect. → pile … English new terms dictionary
pile something on(to) somebody — ˌpile sth ˈon(to) sb derived to give sb a lot of sth to do, carry, etc • He felt his boss was piling too much work on him. Main entry: ↑pilederived … Useful english dictionary
pile something on — … Useful english dictionary
pile — pile1 noun 1》 a heap of things laid or lying one on top of another. ↘informal a large amount: the growing pile of work. 2》 a large imposing building: a Gothic pile. 3》 a series of plates of dissimilar metals laid one on another alternately to … English new terms dictionary
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 up something — pile up (something) to increase something. Many civilians were killed the evidence continues to pile up. The company piled up hundreds of millions of dollars of losses over the last year. Usage notes: usually used in passive forms: Earnings began … New idioms dictionary
pile — Ⅰ. pile UK US /paɪl/ noun [C] ► a large amount of something: »a pile of cash/money »consumers with piles of credit card debt » I have piles of paperwork to finish. ● at the bottom/top of the pile Cf. at the top of the pile → See also … Financial and business terms
pile up — (something) to increase something. Many civilians were killed the evidence continues to pile up. The company piled up hundreds of millions of dollars of losses over the last year. Usage notes: usually used in passive forms: Earnings began piling… … New idioms dictionary
pile into — To collide with • • • Main Entry: ↑pile * * * ˌpile ˈinto [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they pile into he/she/it piles into … Useful english dictionary
pile it on thick — To pile it on thick is to exaggerate or overstate something, usually flattery or praise. ( Lay it on thick is also used.) … The small dictionary of idiomes
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
