pile on
phrasal verbpile on
- (especially of a person’s weight) to increase quickly
- The weight just piled on while I was abroad.
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pile something on
- to make something increase rapidly
- The team piled on the points in the first half of the game.
- I've been piling on the pounds (= I have put on weight) recently.
- to express a feeling in a much stronger way than is necessary
- Don't pile on the drama!
- Things aren't really that bad—she does tend to pile it on.
- to give somebody more or too much of something
- The German team piled on the pressure in the last 15 minutes.
pile something on(to) somebody
- to give somebody a lot of something to do, carry, etc.
- He felt his boss was piling too much work on him.