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单词 come to a head
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come to a head

Reach a crisis: the violence came to a head with the deaths of six youths...
  • That situation came to a head and reached a crisis point in August of that year.
  • This crisis may have come to a head with the collapse of the socialist camp but its origins lie in the emergence of a modern capitalist order capable of accommodating itself rapidly to changes in the forces of production.
  • The extent of the funding crisis came to a head when school budgets finalised in March were not enough to cover rising costs in the new financial year.

Synonyms

reach a crisis, come to a climax, reach a critical point, reach a turning point, reach a crossroads
informal come to the crunch
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