PILE STH


Meaning of PILE STH in English

on

1.

to make sth increase rapidly :

The team piled on the points in the first half of the game.

I've been piling on the pounds (= I have put on weight) recently.

2.

to express a feeling in a much stronger way than is necessary :

Don't pile on the drama!

Things aren't really that bad—she does tend to pile it on .

3.

to give sb more or too much of sth :

The German team piled on the pressure in the last 15 minutes.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.