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HTML

<div class="block">
    <div class="content"></div>
</div>
<div class="block">
    <div class="content"></div>
</div>
<div class="block">
    <div class="content"></div>
</div>

CSS

.block{
    position: relative;
    float: left;
    width: 32%;
    height: 200px;
    background: #555;
    margin-left: 2%;
}

.block:first-child{
    margin-left: 0;
}

.content{
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    background: #444;
}

.block:hover .content{
    width: 200%;
    height: 200%;
    z-index: 999;
}