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The phrase "argument escalates" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where a disagreement or dispute becomes more intense or severe over time.
Example: "As the discussion continued, the argument escalates, leading to raised voices and heated exchanges."
Alternatives: "dispute intensifies" or "conflict grows".
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Its plot leads farce into the realm of the tragic: a silly argument escalates into a murder.
The argument escalates, and Kalanick angrily tells the driver, "Some people don't like to take responsibility for their own shit.
Police work increasingly involves picking up the pieces at crisis points – when a child goes missing, is out late and unsupervised, self-harms or reports abuse, or when a domestic argument escalates.
"How the fuck she know I was with them other girls, then?" The argument escalates, as Kelly tallies what he has spent on his girlfriend's hair and nails, eventually dismissing her as "bogus," encouraging her to burn his clothes, and calling for his driver, Milton.
The argument escalates and Liz orders them to stop their bickering.
After their argument escalates, she is forced to confess that she catches aliens for a living.
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Suddenly, the argument escalated.
As the argument escalated, the Afghan raised his weapon.
Their argument escalated and led to the stabbing, he said.
The argument escalated to blows, the police said.
As the argument escalated, witnesses said, he was attacked.
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