piling on
A fighting tactic wherein multiple people attack anotherA fighting tactic wherein multiple people attack another.: An illegal strategy wherein players tackle an opposing player.
» Problems are piling up on me.
Meaning
5 sensesA fighting tactic wherein multiple people attack another.
(uncountable)An illegal strategy wherein players tackle an opposing player.
(uncountable)The process by which additional combatants join an ongoing fight or argument when they think they know who will win so that they will be on the winning side.
(uncountable)The process by which multiple people pick on, complain about or list the faults of their target.
An ongoing increase in a change or phenomenon, such as the popularity of a fad.
(broadly, uncountable)The steady addition of more problems to an already problematic situation or circumstance.
(broadly, uncountable)Doing more and more (of something), especially when it is inappropriate or problematic, such as by continuing to break a diet
Examples
6 sentencesProblems are piling up on me.
Everything is piling up on me.
Snow was piling up on the roads.
Books and documents are piling up on my desk.
ruНа моём столе громоздятся книги и документы.
Books and paper are piling up on my desk.
deAuf meinem Schreibtisch türmen sich Bücher und Papiere.
Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable