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escalate into something
collocation
to become something greater or more serious:
The row could escalate into full-blown conflict.
A few inmates began shouting, and this soon escalated into a brawl.
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escalate
There are fears that the police action might escalate into an all-out war.
A quarrel between two friends escalated into violence.
The issue could escalate into a public relations crisis.
Suddenly the general liveliness at the children's table escalates into pandemonium, attracting the attention of the adults.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Increasing and intensifying
accretion
accumulate
accumulative
accumulatively
add fuel to the fireidiom
blaze
fade
go up
growing
growingly
heighten
hot up
inflation
mushroom
ratchet something up/down
re-escalate
re-escalation
reach a crescendo
redouble
stake
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