swell the ranks

== English == === Verb === swell the ranks (third-person singular simple present swells the ranks, present participle swelling the ranks, simple past swelled the ranks, past participle swelled the ranks or swollen the ranks) To add significant numbers of members (to a group). [with of ‘a group’] ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “swell the ranks” (US) / “swell the ranks” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.