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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▸ 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
Similar:
gangpile,
ground and pound,
gauntlet,
compound attack,
piledriving,
piledriver,
punch-up,
bashing,
onslaught,
combination,
more...
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