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
Albertus	ahl-BER-tus (Dutch)	Ancient Germanic (Latinized), Dutch
Aleksandrs	-	Latvian
Valeriya	vah-LYE-ree-yah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Felipe	fe-LEE-pe (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
GÁBor	GAH-bor	Hungarian
Ludvik	-	Slovene