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pile on the pounds en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (informal) Of a person: to gain weight quickly.
    • The line is single track as far as Halesworth, but many of the stations retain their original buildings - including refurbished Beccles, which boasts a station cafe and community rooms. The same is true of Wickham Market and Woodbridge stations. You could easily pile on the pounds with a 'cafe crawl' along this line! 2020 November 18, Paul Bigland, “New infrastructure and new rolling stock”, in Rail, page 51:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
piled on the pounds Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
piled on the pounds Tense=Past lexicographic
piles on the pounds Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
piling on the pounds Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic