escalate into

escalate into something

to intensify into something; to increase gradually into something. This argument is going to escalate into something serious very soon. These cases of the flu could escalate into a real epidemic.

escalate something into something

to cause something to intensify. He escalated the argument into a vicious fight. The dictator tried to escalate the disagreement into a cause for war.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
PÍA	PEE-ah	Spanish
Darinka	-	Slovene, Croatian
Sithembile	-	Southern African, Zulu
Bill	BIL	English
Aabraham	AH:B-rah-hahm	Finnish
Deniece	də-NEES	English (Rare)