progress to

progress to (something)

To reach a particular destination or outcome. We've finally progressed to the approval stage for our application. Fingers crossed! The opioid problem has progressed to a nationwide epidemic.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

progress to something

to reach all the way to something or some place. The crisis has progressed to its final stage. Things had progressed to a serious stage where nothing more could be done for him.
See also: progress
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • progress to (something)
  • found
  • behind schedule
  • keep one's fingers crossed, to
  • opioid
  • opioid crisis
  • opioid epidemic
  • count on
  • count on (someone or something)
  • slip through one's fingers, to let
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Dawson ended his courageous book Progress and Religion with a bold call: modern people must return to the religious roots of Western culture for true progress to prevail.
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Uninfected-unvaccinated persons (X) are infected at rate [beta]T(t), and then either progress to active disease (T) immediately after infection with probability p, or progress to latent infection with probability 1 - p.
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Thus, Callahan would happily sacrifice human progress to achieve his egalitarian dream.
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