- put your head above the parapet
- informal
to do something that may cause people to criticize you
English dictionary. 2014.
put your head above the parapet
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put your head above the parapet — informal phrase to do something that may cause people to criticize you Thesaurus: to take riskssynonym Main entry: parapet … Useful english dictionary
put (your) head above the parapet — put/stick (your) head above the parapet to be brave enough to state an opinion that might upset people. Kearton was one of the very few to put his head above the corporate parapet and speak his mind in public … New idioms dictionary
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