Come-to-a-head Definition

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(idiomatic) To rapidly come to a turning point.
The escalating crisis between England and her American colonies came to a head when fighting broke out in 1775.
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(idiomatic) To suddenly reveal that which has lain latent for a time.

His festering anger came to a head after the incident.
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(idiomatic) To suddenly make mature or perfected that which was inchoate or imperfectly formed.

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(medicine, of an abscess) To reach its final stage.
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Come-to-a-head Sentence Examples

  • Eventually, things would come to a head.

  • Albany's longer absence in France permitted the partyfaction of the nobles to come to a head in a plot by the earl of Arran to seize the earl of Angus, the queen's husband.

  • Thus the quarrel had come to a head.

  • Styes come to a head in about three days when they open and drain.

  • The shows had a conclusive season opening and season finale, thus the storytelling would come more in bigger chapters than in ongoing byplay that could come to a head at anytime.

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Words Starting With C and Ending With D

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