escalate

s’intensifier, intensifier, aggraver

Devenir plus intense ou plus grave, ou rendre quelque chose plus intense ou plus grave.

En anglais simple : To become stronger or more serious, or make something stronger or more serious.

• The argument quickly escalated.
• Rising prices escalated the crisis.
• A small disagreement can escalate into a serious conflict.

Comment l'utiliser : escalate into something (The dispute escalated into a violent confrontation.)

Synonymes : intensify, increase, step up

Contraires : decrease, ease

Expressions courantes : escalate the conflict, escalate into violence, escalate rapidly

transmettre, faire remonter

Transmettre un problème ou une demande à une personne ayant plus d’autorité ou de compétences spécialisées.

En anglais simple : To pass a problem or request to someone with greater authority or more expert knowledge.

• Please escalate this issue to your manager.
• The agent escalated my complaint yesterday.
• We escalate difficult cases to the technical team.

Comment l'utiliser : escalate something to someone (I escalated the unresolved complaint to my supervisor.)

Synonymes : refer, pass on

Expressions courantes : escalate an issue, escalate to someone, escalate a complaint