Escalate

"Escalate" in German

eskalieren

(to intensify)

sich ausweiten

(to intensify)

steigern

(to intensify)

verschärfen

(to intensify)

weiterleiten

(to transfer a telephone caller or problem to the next higher level of authority)

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