pile up Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb collect or gather
    amass; gather; conglomerate; accumulate; cumulate.
    • Journals are accumulating in my office
    • The work keeps piling up
  2. verb arrange into piles or stacks
    stack up; heap up.
    • She piled up her books in my living room
  3. verb get or gather together
    amass; roll up; compile; collect; accumulate; hoard.
    • I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
    • She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
    • She rolled up a small fortune

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