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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The Spurs landed with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft after having a 6 percent chance of winning the lottery.
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Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
When Warren Buffett formally announced his retirement, the moment landed with symbolic weight.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Even in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, where components are price-weighted, the move landed with noticeable force.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 12 May 2025
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Vuong is a lauded poet whose paragraphs are shot through with sentences that enthrall and often land with a philosopher’s wisdom and economy.
—Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
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Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
When Warren Buffett formally announced his retirement, the moment landed with symbolic weight.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Even in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, where components are price-weighted, the move landed with noticeable force.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 12 May 2025
Books 10 books to read in May May 1, 2025
Vuong is a lauded poet whose paragraphs are shot through with sentences that enthrall and often land with a philosopher’s wisdom and economy.
—Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for land with
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“Land with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/land%20with. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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