REAR ITS UGLY HEAD Definition & Meaning

rear its ugly head

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Idioms and Phrases

Appear. This phrase is used only of something undesirable or unpleasant, as in The interview went very well until a question about his academic record reared its ugly head . This expression was first recorded in slightly different form in Anthony Trollope's Barchester Towers (1857): “Rebellion had already reared her hideous head.”

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With a few dozen cases popping up here and there each year, as soon as vaccination rates dip, the illness rears can rear its ugly head once more—just as it is right now.

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Recently, another vestige of the 2020 election has begun to rear its ugly head: the so-called “independent state legislature” theory.

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But let's also acknowledge far too often in our country, hatred continues to rear its ugly head.

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"I've said this numerous times recently, I think the argument about Arsenal's lack of prolific goalscorer will rear its ugly head again," Walcott continued.

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And this one, of course it was this one, where we all may have seen the truth rear its ugly head.

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