go from strength to strength en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To continue to get stronger, more and more successful.
The Internet continues to go from strength to strength as it matures, finding new ways to better itself.
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. (King James Version); They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion. (New International Version) - Psalms 84:7
From this time onwards, the Westinghouse air brake literally went from strength to strength, and was triumphantly justified in the course of rigorous trials, both on the Pennsylvania Railroad and at Newark-on-Trent in this country.
1946 November and December, “George Westinghouse, 1846-1914”, in Railway Magazine, page 375:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| going from strength to strength | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| goes from strength to strength | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| gone from strength to strength | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| went from strength to strength | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
fi vahvistua vahvistumistaan (continue to get stronger) · es crecer en fortaleza (continue to get stronger) · cmn 繼續變強 /继续变强 (continue to get stronger) · ru набира́ть силу (continue to get stronger)