come to a head
IdiomsExample Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The tension with staff and longtime Fed insiders has come to a head since she took over the supervision division.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
Whatever happens, those on both sides of this debate know this will all come to a head sooner rather than later.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026
Eventually, though, this will all come to a head.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2025
That seeming contradiction is slated to come to a head this year.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2025
The guests, who had left their tables and chairs to follow Inés and her daughter out to the car, crowded behind the fence, quietly waiting for the night’s drama to come to a head.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
