mushroom into something

mushroom into something
mushroom into something
Fig. to grow suddenly into something large or important. •

The question of pay suddenly mushroomed into a major matter.

The unpaid bill mushroomed into a nasty argument and, finally, a court battle.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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