Meaning of come to a head In English

• 0 If something comes to a head or someone brings something to a head, a situation reaches a point where something must be done about it:

  • Things hadn't been good between us for a while and this incident just brought it to a head.

• 1 reach a point where some strong action has to be taken:

  • The situation finally came to a head when she failed to show up at school.