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pile into
pile into idiom
Move in a disorderly group into, crowd into, as in The team piled into the bus. The related expression
pile in takes no object, as in Jack opened the car door and yelled, “Pile in!” [First half of 1800s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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