Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keeping one's head below the parapet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English

Syllables
keep-ing one's -head- -be-low the -para-pet
IPA
53
Scrabble Score
30
Letters
8
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of keep one's head below the parapet

Questions

What does keeping one's head below the parapet mean?
present participle and gerund of keep one's head below the parapet

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