tower

/taʊər/ verb

Definition

tower over/above sb/sth › to be much taller or higher than someone or something else: David towers over his mother.

(Definition of tower verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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