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rears one's head

rears one's head is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rear one's head.

Meaning of rear one's head

Verb

rear one's head (third-person singular simple present rears one's head, present participle rearing one's head, simple past and past participle reared one's head)

  1. (literally) To raise one's head.
  2. (idiomatic) 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.2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 53

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What is rears one's head the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rears one's head is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rear one's head.

Words near rears one's head in the dictionary

  1. rearrived
  2. rearrives
  3. rearriving
  4. rears
  5. rears back
  6. rears one's head
  7. rears one's ugly head
  8. rears up
  9. Rearsby
  10. rearseat
  11. rearseats

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