See come to a head in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "comes to a head",
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"present",
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},
{
"form": "coming to a head",
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"past"
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"examples": [
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"text": "The escalating crisis between England and her American colonies came to a head when fighting broke out in 1775.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2024 January 10, 'Industry Insider', “Success built on liberalisation and market freedom”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 69:",
"text": "In retrospect, it was small wonder that Railtrack found its finances under pressure, as with ever increasing demand there was an inevitable effect on infrastructure renewals. Matters came to a head with the Hatfield accident on October 17 2000, when there was a high-speed derailment as a result of deferred track maintenance.",
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"glosses": [
"To rapidly reach a turning point or climax."
],
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[
"rapid",
"rapid"
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[
"reach",
"reach"
],
[
"turning point",
"turning point"
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[
"climax",
"climax"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To rapidly reach a turning point or climax."
],
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"examples": [
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"text": "His festering anger came to a head after the incident.",
"type": "example"
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"glosses": [
"To suddenly reveal itself, having lain latent for a time."
],
"links": [
[
"suddenly",
"suddenly"
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[
"reveal",
"reveal"
],
[
"lain",
"lie"
],
[
"latent",
"latent"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To suddenly reveal itself, having lain latent for a time."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English idioms"
],
"glosses": [
"To suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed."
],
"links": [
[
"become",
"become"
],
[
"mature",
"mature"
],
[
"perfect",
"perfect"
],
[
"inchoate",
"inchoate"
],
[
"imperfect",
"imperfect"
],
[
"form",
"form"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Medicine"
],
"glosses": [
"To reach its final stage."
],
"links": [
[
"medicine",
"medicine"
],
[
"final",
"final"
],
[
"stage",
"stage"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(medicine, of an abscess) To reach its final stage."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of an abscess"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
}
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"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "causative equivalent",
"word": "bring to a head"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "arribar a un punt crític"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "到緊要關頭"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dào jǐnyàoguāntóu",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "到紧要关头"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "到轉折點"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dào zhuǎnzhédiǎn",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "到转折点"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "進入緊要關頭"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jìnrù jǐnyàoguāntóu",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "进入紧要关头"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "進入轉折點"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jìnrù zhuǎnzhédiǎn",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "进入转折点"
},
{
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "到要緊個辰光"
},
{
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "到要紧个辰光"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "tot een uitbarsting komen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "een kritiek punt bereiken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "kärjistyä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "arriver à un point critique"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "zuspitzen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katalígo se krísi",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "καταλήγω σε κρίση"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apokoryfónomai",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "αποκορυφώνομαι"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "higía lasí",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "הגיע לשיא"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jukusuru",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "熟する"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gomda",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "곪다"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "têter"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "stawiać sprawę na ostrzu noża"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "postawić sprawę na ostrzu noża"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "culminar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "atingir um ponto crítico"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "culminar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "llegar a un punto crítico"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "komma till ett avgörande"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
"word": "komma till sin spets"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to suddenly reveal itself, having lain latent for a time",
"word": "顯現"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiǎnxiàn",
"sense": "to suddenly reveal itself, having lain latent for a time",
"word": "显现"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to suddenly reveal itself, having lain latent for a time",
"word": "purkautua"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to suddenly reveal itself, having lain latent for a time",
"word": "vir à tona"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tūrán chéngshú",
"sense": "to suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed",
"word": "突然成熟"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed",
"word": "tehdä valmiiksi"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed",
"word": "madurar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed",
"word": "amadurecer"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed",
"word": "madurecer"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nazrétʹ",
"sense": "to suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "назре́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nazrevátʹ",
"sense": "to suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "назрева́ть"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nazriváty",
"sense": "to suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "назріва́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nazríty",
"sense": "to suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "назрі́ти"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to reach its final stage",
"word": "yetişmək"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to reach its final stage",
"word": "化膿"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huànóng",
"sense": "to reach its final stage",
"word": "化脓"
},
{
"code": "cv",
"lang": "Chuvash",
"roman": "šyś",
"sense": "to reach its final stage",
"word": "шыҫ"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reach its final stage",
"word": "kypsyä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to reach its final stage",
"word": "mûrir"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "pɔɔng",
"sense": "to reach its final stage",
"word": "ពង"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to reach its final stage",
"word": "supurar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to reach its final stage",
"word": "criar pus"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "narvátʹ",
"sense": "to reach its final stage",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "нарва́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naryvátʹ",
"sense": "to reach its final stage",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "нарыва́ть"
}
],
"word": "come to a head"
}
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