"heap on" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: heaps on [present, singular, third-person], heaping on [participle, present], heaped on [participle, past], heaped on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} heap on (third-person singular simple present heaps on, present participle heaping on, simple past and past participle heaped on)
  1. (figurative) To give someone a lot of something (advice, praise, insults, etc.), especially more so than they can handle or is appropriate Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-heap_on-en-verb-1XO8mKj9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (on)

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