pile

/paɪl/ verb

Translation

pile in/out phrasal verb informal

› to enter/leave a place quickly and not in an organized way

bir yere doluşmak; ahırdan çıkar gibi çıkmak

She opened the door and we all piled in.1597

pile sth up phrasal verb

› to make a lot of things into a pile by putting them on top of each other

yığmak, istiflemek, istif etmek, üstüste yığmak

Just pile those books up over there.1263

pile up phrasal verb

› If something unpleasant piles up, you get more of it.

yığılmak, birikmek

My work's really starting to pile up.1812

(Definition of pile verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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