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
Momoko	mo-mo-ko	Japanese
Brankica	-	Croatian, Serbian
Beau	BO	English
Gotama	-	Hinduism
Pallavi	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil
Mircea	-	Romanian