たたみかける

[畳み掛ける] ¶彼に質問を～

shower him with questions たたみかけて質問する;fire off a lot of questions at him 次々に質問する.

畳み掛ける
to press for an answer
to shower questions on someone

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たたみかける【畳み掛ける】

¶彼に質問を～

shower him with questions たたみかけて質問する; fire off a lot of questions at him 次々に質問する.

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たたみかける【畳みかける】

follow up 《one question with another》 (without pause [without a rest, relentlessly]).

●畳みかけるリズム rapid-fire tempo

・畳みかける口調 rapid-fire speaking

・畳みかけて質問する press sb (hard) for an answer; fire (off) question after question at sb; ply sb with questions; rain [shower] questions on sb

・畳みかけるように言う say one thing after another in rapid succession.

●その映画の後半は畳みかけるような展開だった. In the second half of that film one thing after another unfolded in rapid succession.