put one's head above the parapet

English

Verb

put one's head above the parapet (third-person singular simple present puts one's head below the parapet, present participle putting one's head below the parapet, simple past and past participle put one's head below the parapet)

1. To create controversy, and thus be a target for anybody's criticism.

   Antonym: keep one's head below the parapet

   • 2024 September 14, Lisa Allardice, “Sally Rooney: ‘Falling in love when I was very young transformed my life’”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     In 2021 she felt compelled to put her head above the parapet by refusing to sell the rights for a Hebrew translation of Beautiful World to an Israeli publishing company in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement (BDS), following reports describing Israeli treatment of Palestinians as apartheid.

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.