come to a head
Verb

come to a head

  1. (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.
  2. (idiomatic) To suddenly reveal that which has lain latent for a time.
    His festering anger came to a head after the incident.
  3. (idiomatic) To suddenly make mature or perfected that which was inchoate or imperfectly formed.
  4. (medicine, of an abscess) To reach its final stage.
Translations
  • Russian: назре́ть
Translations
  • Russian: нарва́ть



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