keep one's head below the parapet

English

Verb

keep one's head below the parapet

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

   Antonym: put 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.