rear its head

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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ephraim	EE-free-im (English), EE-frəm (English), E-free-im (English), E-frəm (English)	Biblical, Jewish, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Aureliano	ow-re-LYAH-no (Spanish)	Spanish, Italian
Andria	-	Georgian, Corsican
Hartley	['ha:tli]
HÉLoÏSe	-	French
Giuliano	joo-LYAH-no	Italian