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pile up

idiom
Meaning

To collect or accumulate, as a backlog.


Examples
SIMPLE

Work is starting to pile up on my desk.

CONTEXTUAL

If you do not wash the dishes every day, they will pile up in the sink.

COMPLEX

As the deadline approached, the unanswered emails continued to pile up, causing him significant stress and forcing him to work late into the night.

Anchors to
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  1. 01

    pile Pelion on Ossa

    To make a difficult situation even worse.

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