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
Zephaniah	ze-fə-NIE-ə (English)	Biblical
Leocadio	-	Spanish
Uros	-	Serbian
Delma	DEL-mə (English)	Irish, English
Eirwen	-	Welsh
Aderyn	-	Welsh