raise its head

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raise/rear its (ugly) head

if something unpleasant raises its ugly head, it becomes a problem that people have to deal with All over Europe, racism is rearing its ugly head once more.

See also: head, raise

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Every one knows that by the peculiar cunning of their gills, the finny tribes in general breathe the air which at all times is combined with the element in which they swim, hence, a herring or a cod might live a century, and never once raise its head above the surface. Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context The young girl remained motionless, frozen with terror, dumb, beneath that terrible apparition, like a dove which should raise its head at the moment when the hawk is gazing into her nest with its round eyes. Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context In one square yard, at a point some hundreds yards distant from one of the old clumps, I counted thirty-two little trees; and one of them, judging from the rings of growth, had during twenty-six years tried to raise its head above the stems of the heath, and had failed. The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context			rain cats and dogs rain check rain down rain down on rain in on rain on rain on parade rain or shine rain out rainbow raining cats and dogs raise raise a hue and cry raise a stink raise Cain raise eyebrows raise from raise from the dead raise game raise glass to raise hackles raise hand against raise havoc with raise hell raise hob with raise its head raise money for raise objection raise sights raise some eyebrows raise the ante raise the bar raise the devil raise the dickens raise the roof raise the spectre of raise the stakes raise to raise to the surface raise up raise voice raise voice against raise with raised raised in a barn raison d'être rake rake around rake in rake off rake out of			raise frivolous objection to raise from raise from the dead raise funds raise game raise glass raise glass raise glass raise glass raise glass to raise hackles raise hand raise hand raise hand raise hand raise hand against raise hand to raise hat raise hat raise hat raise hat raise havoc with raise hell raise hell Raise Hell This Summer raise hob raise hob raise hob raise hob with raise hopes raise its head raise money for raise money to do raise objection raise objections raise objections frivolously raise one’s voice against Raise Only Non Forcing Raise or Fold raise questions Raise Responsibility System raise sights raise sights raise sights raise sights raise sights raise some eyebrows RAISE Specification Language RAISE Specification Language RAISE Specification Language RAISE Specification Language RAISE Specification Language raise specious objection to raise spirits raise standard raise standard raise standard raise standard raise taxes raise the ante raise the ante

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