To go up. To get bigger or larger (e.g. The Iraqi war escalated) it also means to go up.
Escalate=to grow/get bigger
My popularity was going to escalate.
Let's not let this escalate into violence.They decided not to escalate it any further.
To escalate means to steadily grow worse. Here are some sentences.That argument will escalate until everyone is involved.He watched the fight escalate, and finally called the police.The wind is going to escalate to gale force.
When will the Dow & Jones stock Prices escalate?
The price of gas continues to escalate.
That is the correct spelling of "escalator" (moving stairway).
The man's temper started to escalate as he tried to put the toy together.
When the murders began to escalate in both frequency and brutality, the police were forced to accept that they had a serial killer in their community.The tension in a horror movie is supposed to slowly, almost imperceptibly escalate as the plot develops.He is a fiercely competitive person who will try to escalate the most minor of disagreements into a full-blown debate.The problem with a ponzi scheme, of course, is that it will inevitably escalate until it is completely out of control.
what dicates the reason a security officer can escalate the use of force
when addictions escalate and the individual loses his or her job or drop out of school
He was said to escalate the Vietnam War to drastic levels that were outrageous.