land with
phrasal verb
landed with; landing with; lands with
British, informal
: to force (someone) to deal with (something or someone unpleasant)
I always get landed with the washing-up.
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His game plan was to move forward, pressure Volkanovski and land with power.
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
In Ellabell and the surrounding towns of Lanier, Pembroke, Black Creek, Eden and Meldrim, the raid landed with less visible shock than in other communities swept up by immigration crackdowns.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Horror of this scale has the effect of deadening words, making stories of the most unimaginable violence land with a dull thud.
—Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Bourne went undrafted, but ultimately landed with San Francisco to begin his NFL tenure and experienced a good deal of success with the Niners.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
In Ellabell and the surrounding towns of Lanier, Pembroke, Black Creek, Eden and Meldrim, the raid landed with less visible shock than in other communities swept up by immigration crackdowns.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Horror of this scale has the effect of deadening words, making stories of the most unimaginable violence land with a dull thud.
—Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Bourne went undrafted, but ultimately landed with San Francisco to begin his NFL tenure and experienced a good deal of success with the Niners.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Land with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/land%20with. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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