"rear one's head" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: rears one's head [present, singular, third-person], rearing one's head [participle, present], reared one's head [participle, past], reared one's head [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rear one's head (third-person singular simple present rears one's head, present participle rearing one's head, simple past and past participle reared one's head)
  1. To raise one's head. Synonyms: raise one's head
    Sense id: en-rear_one's_head-en-verb-uPgqMedC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 80 20
  2. (idiomatic, of something unpleasant or unwelcome) To appear and cause problems or stress, especially at an inopportune time. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to appear and cause problems): nostaa päätään (Finnish), hacer acto de presencia (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rear_one's_head-en-verb-bI44A7bT Disambiguation of 'to appear and cause problems': 7 93

Inflected forms

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