"rear one's head" meaning in English

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      "form": "rears one's head",
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      "form": "rearing one's head",
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      "form": "reared one's head",
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        "past"
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      "form": "reared one's head",
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To raise one's head."
      ],
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "raise one's head"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 53:",
          "text": "One problem that reared its head in 1983 would prove more difficult to solve, with the heat that summer leading to a number of engine failures.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 January 13, Callum Matthews, “Newcastle United 2-3 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "For large parts of this season City have been far from the level that saw them win the Treble last season, especially defensively.\nThose issues reared their head again, and will lead to questions about the summer recruitment, with some poor defending for both Newcastle goals.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To appear and cause problems or stress, especially at an inopportune time."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, of something unpleasant or unwelcome) To appear and cause problems or stress, especially at an inopportune time."
      ],
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        "of something unpleasant or unwelcome"
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to appear and cause problems",
          "word": "nostaa päätään"
        },
        {
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to appear and cause problems",
          "word": "hacer acto de presencia"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "rear one's head"
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      "form": "rears one's head",
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    },
    {
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      "form": "reared one's head",
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To raise one's head."
      ],
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          "ref": "2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 53:",
          "text": "One problem that reared its head in 1983 would prove more difficult to solve, with the heat that summer leading to a number of engine failures.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 January 13, Callum Matthews, “Newcastle United 2-3 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "For large parts of this season City have been far from the level that saw them win the Treble last season, especially defensively.\nThose issues reared their head again, and will lead to questions about the summer recruitment, with some poor defending for both Newcastle goals.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To appear and cause problems or stress, especially at an inopportune time."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, of something unpleasant or unwelcome) To appear and cause problems or stress, especially at an inopportune time."
      ],
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        "of something unpleasant or unwelcome"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "raise one's head"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to appear and cause problems",
      "word": "nostaa päätään"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to appear and cause problems",
      "word": "hacer acto de presencia"
    }
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  "word": "rear one's head"
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