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pileup
or pile-up
[ pahyl-uhp ]
/ ĖpaÉŖlĖŹp /
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noun
a massive collision of several or many moving vehicles.
an accumulation, as of work, chores, or bills.
a rough or disorderly falling of people upon one another, as in a football game.
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Origin of pileup
First recorded in 1825ā35; noun use of verb phrase pile up
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How to use pileup in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for pileup
pile up
verb (adverb)
to gather or be gathered in a pile; accumulate
informal to crash or cause to crash
noun pile-up
informal a multiple collision of vehicles
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Other Idioms and Phrases with pileup
pile up
Accumulate, as in The leaves piled up in the yard, or He piled up a huge fortune. In this idiom pile means āform a heap or mass of something.ā [Mid-1800s]
Be involved in a crash, as in When the police arrived, at least four cars had piled up. [Late 1800s]
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