"keep one's head down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-keep one's head down.ogg Forms: keeps one's head down [present, singular, third-person], keeping one's head down [participle, present], kept one's head down [participle, past], kept one's head down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> one's head down}} keep one's head down (third-person singular simple present keeps one's head down, present participle keeping one's head down, simple past and past participle kept one's head down)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see keep, one, head, down. Related terms: keep a low profile
    Sense id: en-keep_one's_head_down-en-verb-YKM0DFe3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16
  2. (idiomatic) To avoid trouble or attention. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-keep_one's_head_down-en-verb-9RNdKpQb

Inflected forms

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