pile up (something)

to increase something.

Many civilians were killed — the evidence continues to pile up.

The company piled up hundreds of millions of dollars of losses over the last year.

Usage notes: usually used in passive forms: Earnings began piling up from the sale of the new switches.

• throw someone in at the deep end
• throw someone into a spin
• throw someone into a tizz
• throw someone into a tizzy
• throw someone off balance
• throw someone off the scent
• throw someone on the scrap heap
• throw someone out
• throw someone together
• throw someone to the dogs
• throw someone to the lions
• throw someone to the wolves
• throw something back in face
• throw something back in someone's face
• throw something into the pot
• throw something on the scrap heap
• throw something together
• throw the baby out with the bath water
• throw the book at
• throw the book at someone
• throw together
• throw to the dogs
• throw to the lions
• throw to the wolves
• throw up