piling in
Squeezing in simultaneously
Piling in describes people entering or joining something in large numbers, often enthusiastically or chaotically: Everyone was piling in to see the fight.
It suggests crowding or rushing rather than orderly entry.
The phrase extends to joining activities or conversations: Critics are piling in on the controversy.
To pile in can also mean to attack someone physically or verbally as a group.
- stampedingFleeing en masse frantically
- rushing inEntering with haste
- joiningLinking into one
- jumping on the bandwagonAdopting something because others have
- jostlingPushing and bumping others
flooding · inundating · snowballing · barging · packing in · rallying · all hands on deck · contributing · throwing in · converging · cramming · volunteering · diving in · overwhelming · squeezing · engulfing · cascading · accumulating
piling inpiling out
Exiting hurriedly en masse
pouring out · evacuating · filing out · exiting · dispersing
piling inholding back
Preventing forward movement
hanging back · abstaining · sitting out · withdrawing · opting out