Come to a head

verb

  1. To rapidly reach a turning point or climax.

    The escalating crisis between England and her American colonies came to a head when fighting broke out in 1775.

  2. To suddenly reveal that which has lain latent for a time.

    His festering anger came to a head after the incident.

  3. To suddenly make mature or perfected that which was inchoate or imperfectly formed.

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