go from strength to strength

verb

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.”

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Meanings

verbgo 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)

present singular third person goes from strength to strength · participle present going from strength to strength · past went from strength to strength · participle past gone from strength to strength

  1. idiomaticTo 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.

    2 more examples

    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

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 繼續變強 /继续变强
  • 繼續變強 /继续变强 (jìxù biàn qiáng)continue to get stronger
Finnish vahvistua vahvistumistaan
  • vahvistua vahvistumistaancontinue to get stronger
Russian набира́ть силу
  • набира́ть силу (nabirátʹ silu)continue to get stronger
Spanish crecer en fortaleza
  • crecer en fortalezacontinue to get stronger
Cite this entry
APA

go from strength to strength. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20from%20strength%20to%20strength

MLA

“go from strength to strength.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20from%20strength%20to%20strength. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go from strength to strength,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20from%20strength%20to%20strength.

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