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pile on the pounds

pile on the pounds verb: of a person: to gain weight quickly.

Verb

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

  1. (informal) Of a person: to gain weight quickly.
    • The line is single track as far as Halesworth, but many of the stations retain their original buildings - including refurbished Beccles, which boasts a station cafe and community rooms. The same is true of Wickham Market and Woodbridge stations. You could easily pile on the pounds with a 'cafe...2020 November 18, Paul Bigland, “New infrastructure and new rolling stock”, in Rail, page 51

Forms of pile on the pounds

third-person singular presentpiles on the pounds
present participlepiling on the pounds
past participlepiled on the pounds
pastpiled on the pounds

Questions about pile on the pounds

What does pile on the pounds mean?
Pile on the pounds means of a person: to gain weight quickly.
What part of speech is pile on the pounds?
Pile on the pounds is a verb.
What is the past tense of pile on the pounds?
The past tense of pile on the pounds is piled on the pounds.

Words near pile on the pounds in the dictionary

  1. pile of cunt
  2. pile of poo
  3. pile of shame
  4. pile of shit
  5. pile on
  6. pile on the pounds
  7. pile ons
  8. pile out
  9. pile Pelion on Ossa
  10. pile shoe
  11. pile shoes

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