Usually means: Adding criticism excessively to someone.
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  4. piling on: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. piling on: Legal dictionary

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  1. piling on: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (piling on)

noun:  A fighting tactic wherein multiple people attack another.
noun:  (American football) An illegal strategy wherein players tackle an opposing player.
noun:  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.
noun:  The process by which multiple people pick on, complain about or list the faults of their target.
noun:  (by extension) An ongoing increase in a change or phenomenon, such as the popularity of a fad.
noun:  The steady addition of more problems to an already problematic situation or circumstance.
noun:  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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