keep one's head below the parapet

English

Verb

keep one's head below the parapet (third-person singular simple present keeps one's head below the parapet, present participle keeping one's head below the parapet, simple past and past participle kept one's head below the parapet)

1. To avoid creating any controversy, and thus avoid being a target for anybody's criticism.

   Antonyms: put one's head above the parapet, raise one's head above the parapet

Further reading

• “put your head above the parapet” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “put your head over above the parapet”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “put stick your head above the parapet” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “put ones head above the parapet keep ones head below the parapet”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “keep one's head below the parapet”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.