piling on
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Verb
- present participle and gerund of pile on
Noun
- A fighting tactic wherein multiple people attack another.
- (American football) An illegal strategy wherein players tackle an opposing player.
- 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.
- The process by which multiple people pick on, complain about or list the faults of their target.
- (by extension) An ongoing increase in a change or phenomenon, such as the popularity of a fad.
- The steady addition of more problems to an already problematic situation or circumstance.
- Doing more and more (of something), especially when it is inappropriate or problematic, such as by continuing to break a diet
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