pile on
phrasal verbwithpileverbuk/paɪl/us/paɪl/
mainly UKtoincreasequickly:
After she had theheartattack, thepoundspiledon, and herweightroseto 15stone.
When Ireturnedtolivewith myparents, theweightpiledon because I wasstuffingmyself withhomecooking.
Thepressurepiledonthroughoutthedaywithcallsfromseniorfiguresacrossthepartyfor her toresign.
Increasing and intensifying
- -ify
- accretion
- accumulate
- accumulative
- add fuel to the fireidiom
- additive
- blaze
- crank
- heighten
- hot up
- increase
- increment
- inflation
- mushroom
- redouble
- resurge
- rocket
- saturation
- scalesomethingup
- stake