"bring to a head" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: brings to a head [present, singular, third-person], bringing to a head [participle, present], brought to a head [participle, past], brought to a head [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|bring<,,brought> to a head}} bring to a head (third-person singular simple present brings to a head, present participle bringing to a head, simple past and past participle brought to a head)
  1. Causative form of come to a head, cause a situation to reach a turning point or climax. Tags: causative, form-of Form of: come to a head, cause a situation to reach a turning point or climax
    Sense id: en-bring_to_a_head-en-verb-oWwNb3Ph Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bring to a head meaning in All languages combined (1.4kB)

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