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piled on

piled on is the simple past and past participle of pile on.

Meaning of pile on

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To jump on top of someone or something quickly.
    • As football linebackers pile on a quarterback in a blitz, the newspaper editorialist heaped sarcasm onto the president.2006, Steven M. Hallock, Editorial and Opinion: The Dwindling Marketplace of Ideas in Today's News, Praeger, →ISBN, page 69
  2. (ambitransitive, figuratively) To criticize someone or something in a concerted effort; to add on some additional critique.
    • OK, OK, they've already gotten the constructive criticism. Now you're just piling on.
  3. (figuratively, intransitive) To unnecessarily extend the margin of a winning score.
  4. (informal, transitive) To add or apply in great quantities.

Questions about piled on

What is piled on the simple past and past participle of?
Piled on is the simple past and past participle of pile on.

Words near piled on in the dictionary

  1. pileated gibbons
  2. pileated woodpecker
  3. pileated woodpeckers
  4. piled
  5. piled in
  6. piled on
  7. piled out
  8. piled Pelion on Ossa
  9. piled up
  10. piledrive
  11. piledriven

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