come to a head
English
Alternative forms
- (causative equivalent) bring to a head
Pronunciation
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Verb
come to a head (third-person singular simple present comes to a head, present participle coming to a head, simple past came to a head, past participle come to a head)
- (idiomatic) To rapidly reach a turning point or climax.
- The escalating crisis between England and her American colonies came to a head when fighting broke out in 1775.
- (idiomatic) To suddenly reveal that which has lain latent for a time.
- His festering anger came to a head after the incident.
- (idiomatic) To suddenly make mature or perfected that which was inchoate or imperfectly formed.
- (medicine, of an abscess) To reach its final stage.
Translations
to rapidly reach a turning point or climax
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to suddenly reveal that which has lain latent for a time
to suddenly make mature or perfected that which was inchoate or imperfectly formed
to reach its final stage
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