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
Yehonatan	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Major	MAY-jər	English
Sepi	SE-pee	Finnish
BartolomĚJ	-	Czech
Natasha	nə-TASH-ə (English)	Russian, English
Pruett	['pru:ət]