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rear its head

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rear its (ugly) head

to become a problem that has to be dealt with. It was in the 1970s that the problem of violent soccer fans first reared its head in Britain.

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An unfinished coffin on black tressels, which stood in the middle of the shop, looked so gloomy and death-like that a cold tremble came over him, every time his eyes wandered in the direction of the dismal object: from which he almost expected to see some frightful form slowly rear its head, to drive him mad with terror. Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context More results

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An unfinished coffin on black tressels, which stood in the middle of the shop, looked so gloomy and death-like that a cold tremble came over him, every time his eyes wandered in the direction of the dismal object: from which he almost expected to see some frightful form slowly rear its head, to drive him mad with terror.

Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context

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