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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

meaning of pile on

A boy came to a girl and asked"i don't want to pile on".
Girl replied interrupting him "If you don't want to pile on then don't do it".

What does pile on mean in this conversation?
  

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Hi, It usually means roughly 'Do something because a lot of people have done it'. Slang. Clive

  • Hi, It usually means roughly 'Do something because a lot of people have done it'.
  • Slang.
  • Clive
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Hi,

It usually means roughly 'Do something because a lot of people have done it'. Slang.

Clive
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Anonymous A boy came to a girl and asked"i don't want to pile on".Girl replied interrupting him "If you don't want to pile on then don't do it".What does pile on mean in this conversation?
It's impossible to say for certain without a more detailed description of the situation; however, it is likely to be a shortened form of the British expression "pile on the

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