PILE UP


Meaning of PILE UP in English

1.

If you pile up a quantity of things or if they pile up , they gradually form a pile.

Bulldozers piled up huge mounds of dirt...

Mail was still piling up at the office.

PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , V P

2.

If you pile up work, problems, or losses or if they pile up , you get more and more of them.

Problems were piling up at work...

He piled up huge debts.

PHRASAL VERB : V P , V P n (not pron)

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