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pile in

pile in verb: to enter or move into a location or a vehicle in large numbers.

Verb

pile in (third-person singular simple present piles in, present participle piling in, simple past and past participle piled in)

  1. (informal) To enter or move into a location or a vehicle in large numbers.
    • Typically for the 'get-on-with-it' era, the railway and military worked like demons to restore the vital rail link. The crater was rapidly filled in and the earth tamped solid, the wreckage was removed by breakdown trains, new rails and sleepers were rushed forward by willing hands, and US Army...2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43
    Antonyms:
    pile out

Antonyms of pile in

Forms of pile in

third-person singular presentpiles in
present participlepiling in
past participlepiled in
pastpiled in

Questions about pile in

What does pile in mean?
Pile in means to enter or move into a location or a vehicle in large numbers.
What part of speech is pile in?
Pile in is a verb.
What is the past tense of pile in?
The past tense of pile in is piled in.

Words near pile in in the dictionary

  1. pile 'em high, sell 'em cheap
  2. pile driver
  3. pile drivers
  4. pile foundation
  5. pile foundations
  6. pile in
  7. pile it high, sell it cheap
  8. Pile of Bones
  9. pile of crap
  10. pile of cunt
  11. pile of poo

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