"go from strength to strength" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-go from strength to strength.ogg [Australia] Forms: goes from strength to strength [present, singular, third-person], going from strength to strength [participle, present], went from strength to strength [past], gone from strength to strength [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> from strength to strength}} go from strength to strength (third-person singular simple present goes from strength to strength, present participle going from strength to strength, simple past went from strength to strength, past participle gone from strength to strength)
  1. (idiomatic) To continue to get stronger, more and more successful. Tags: idiomatic Translations (continue to get stronger): 繼續變強 (Chinese Mandarin), 继续变强 (jìxù biàn qiáng) (Chinese Mandarin), vahvistua vahvistumistaan (Finnish), набира́ть силу (nabirátʹ silu) (Russian), crecer en fortaleza (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-go_from_strength_to_strength-en-verb-~9nTxU58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for go from strength to strength meaning in English (3.0kB)

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          "text": "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"
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