escalation

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Idioms (4)

add fuel to the fire
CEFR B2

To make a bad situation or an argument worse.

Neutral
get out of hand
CEFR B1

To become impossible to control.

Neutral
out of the frying pan into the fire
CEFR C1

To escape one bad situation only to land in a worse one.

Neutral
arms race
CEFR C1

a competitive spiral in which rivals keep escalating their investment to stay ahead

Neutral