"keep one's head below the parapet" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: keeps one's head below the parapet [present, singular, third-person], keeping one's head below the parapet [participle, present], kept one's head below the parapet [participle, past], kept one's head below the parapet [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> one's head below the parapet}} 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.
    Sense id: en-keep_one's_head_below_the_parapet-en-verb-GSm3Ch-7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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