bring to a head

Meaning

1. bring sth to a head

   if you bring a situation to a head or if a situation comes to a head, you are forced to deal with it quickly because it suddenly becomes very bad

In the movies · 7

• And-And bring a head shot, please.Rushmore1998
• Bring up the wolf's head.The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003
• Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia.Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia1974
• Bring her about sharply. Head straight for the jetty.The Uninvited1944
• It's shit like this that's gonna bring this situation to a head, man!Pulp Fiction1994
• I would only bring bad trouble on the heads of you and Nathan Junior.Raising Arizona1987
• -Arrest these filthy peasants - and bring me the head of Puss in Boots!Puss in Boots: The Last Wish2022

Learn it in full scenes

• The Uninvited1944
  • Pamela Falls for the Old House
  • The Fitzgeralds Try to Buy Windward
  • The Fitzgeralds Buy a Haunted House
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish2022
  • Puss Crashes His Own Fiesta
  • Puss Learns He Has Died
  • The Doctor Gives Puss His Last Life

From the same entry

• a head
• bang your heads together
• be banging, your head against a brick wall
• be head and shoulders above
• bite head off
• bury your head in the sand
• can't make head nor tail of
• do head in
• do standing on your head
• from head to foot
• get your head down
• get your head round