pile on

Definitions

1. 1

   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.
   • Piling on: Players may not pile on a runner after the ball is dead or intentionally fall upon any prostrate player.
   • The quarterback turns and hands the ball to his fullback just as Sumo hits him in the backfield causing a fumble. Ball loose, ball loose screamed Jones. There is a mad scramble for the loose ball as bodies pile on top of each other.
2. 2

   To criticize someone or something in a concerted effort

   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.
   • The hashtag #WorstFlotusEver has started to take off on Twitter, with critics piling on the former model by listing their many grievances and mocking her achievements over the past four years.
3. 3

   To unnecessarily extend the margin of a winning score.

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   1. 4

      To add or apply in great quantities.

   2. 5

      Nonstandard spelling of pile-on.

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