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- escalate into
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 | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Denise | | [də'ni:z] | |
| Gyles | | JIELZ, JIE-əlz | English (Rare) |
| Cainan | | KAY-nən (English), kay-IE-nən (English) | Biblical, Biblical Latin |
| Roxanne | | rahk-SAN (English), rok-SAHN (French) | English, French |
| Agnese | | ah-NYE-ze (Italian), AHG-ne-se (Latvian) | Italian, Latvian |
| Stephen | | ['sti:vən] | |