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come to a head
Verb
  • To rapidly come to a turning point. idiomatic
  • To suddenly reveal that which has lain latent for a time. idiomatic
  • To suddenly make mature or perfected that which was inchoate or imperfectly formed. idiomatic
  • To reach its final stage medicine, of an abscess