escalate

intensificarsi, intensificare, aggravarsi

Diventare più intenso o grave, oppure rendere qualcosa più intenso o grave.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: escalate into something (The dispute escalated into a violent confrontation.)

Sinonimi: intensify, increase, step up

Contrari: decrease, ease

Espressioni comuni: escalate the conflict, escalate into violence, escalate rapidly

inoltrare, passare a un superiore

Passare un problema o una richiesta a qualcuno con maggiore autorità o competenza.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: escalate something to someone (I escalated the unresolved complaint to my supervisor.)

Sinonimi: refer, pass on

Espressioni comuni: escalate an issue, escalate to someone, escalate a complaint