uprise = 'to escalate or worsen'

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Mon Aug 18 12:11:30 UTC 2014


St. Louis police spokesman on CNN:

"Comments were made that caused the situation to uprise."

JL

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