packs on
Steadily puts on
Packs on means to add or accumulate, usually weight or muscle: He's been packing on the pounds since he quit smoking, She packed on fifteen pounds of muscle during training.
The phrase suggests gradual accumulation rather than sudden gain, often with implications of excess when referring to body weight.
- addsJoins to increase
- buildsCreates by assembling parts
- gainsIncreases in value
- body weightPhysical mass of person
- muscle massAmount of contractile tissue
puts on · burden · bulk · beef up · layers · stress · supplementation · mass · load · weight · enhancement · augmentation · reinforcement · bolstering · volume · piles on · lays it on thick · fortification