pile against
Frequency: 6.45.5 per million words
To stack things so they lean on a surface for support.
Categories:
Examples (10)
- We piled sandbags against the door.
- She carefully piled books against the wall to save space.
- They piled logs against the chimney to dry them out.
- The children piled their toys against the cupboard before bedtime.
- Don't pile too many boxes against that fragile fence.
- He had piled cushions against the window to block the draft.
- The gardener piled fallen leaves against the compost bin.
- Make sure you pile the canvases against a sturdy surface.
- The old crates were piled against the back shed.
- We decided to pile the extra chairs against the corner for now.