escalate

And this week, one of his biggest haters escalated things.

After a few years of getting the infrastructure in place, things start slowly and then escalate.

But as he failed to generate revenue, he says they have escalated their demands to $15,000, arguing they've made an investment in him and they're not getting anything back.

The Secret Service urged the president to depart turkey in the older Air Force One instead of the new jet as a safety precaution amid escalating tensions with Iran.