rear one's head

verb

Definitions

  1. To raise one's head.

  2. To appear and cause problems or stress, especially at an inopportune time (said of…

    To appear and cause problems or stress, especially at an inopportune time (said of something or [rare] someone that is undesirable or unwelcome).

    • 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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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for rear one's head. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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