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
Janetta	jə-NET-ə	English (Rare)
Libbie	LIB-ee	English
Reeves	[ri:vz]
AnunciaciÓN	ah-noon-thyah-THYON (Spanish), ah-noon-syah-SYON (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Erma	UR-mə	English
Samir (1)	-	Arabic