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