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at the bottom of the pile

at the bottom of the pile prepositional phrase: at the lowest level in a list or hierarchy.

Prepositional phrase

  1. At the lowest level in a list or hierarchy.
    • Dad tried and tried to get a different job, any job. But jobs in the town were scarce, and a man with a wooden leg always found himself at the bottom of the pile.2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

Questions about at the bottom of the pile

What does at the bottom of the pile mean?
At the bottom of the pile means at the lowest level in a list or hierarchy.
What part of speech is at the bottom of the pile?
At the bottom of the pile is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at the bottom of the pile in the dictionary

  1. at that time
  2. at the bank
  3. at the best
  4. at the best of times
  5. at the bottom of
  6. at the bottom of the pile
  7. at the coal face
  8. at the corner
  9. at the cost of
  10. at the disposal of
  11. at the door

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