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Grammar

Pile on in

What does " You don't pile on in life" mean?

  

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Hard to say. It would help to have some context. " It seems to be advice for living, cautioning that one should never join in a chorus of opprobrium against a person.

  • Hard to say.
  • It would help to have some context.
  • " It seems to be advice for living, cautioning that one should never join in a chorus of opprobrium against a person.
  • To pile on, literally, is to add yourself to a body pile in a sport such as American football.
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Hard to say. It would help to have some context. At first glance I parse it "You don't pile on / in life." It seems to be advice for living, cautioning that one should never join in a chorus of opprobrium against a person. To pile on, literally, is to add yourself to a body pile in a sport such as American football.

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Please give us a few sentences that come before your target sentence and at least one that comes after it.

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