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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Malcolm Roach was flagged for landing with his weight on Lawrence and rookie Jahdae Barron was whistled for a debatable pass interference in the end zone.
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CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
Outside of Darfur, the RSF controls most the country’s oil fields, many of the goldfields in central and southwest Sudan, and splits control over important grazing lands with the SAF.
—Christopher Tounsel, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
The line lands with weight—and with a strange comfort.
—Olga Garcia-Mayoral, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
In fact, that same guy is back for seconds, and — in a failing that feels unprecedented in the history of Cameron’s filmography — his inevitable demise lands with a half-hearted whimper.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
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CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
Outside of Darfur, the RSF controls most the country’s oil fields, many of the goldfields in central and southwest Sudan, and splits control over important grazing lands with the SAF.
—Christopher Tounsel, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
The line lands with weight—and with a strange comfort.
—Olga Garcia-Mayoral, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
In fact, that same guy is back for seconds, and — in a failing that feels unprecedented in the history of Cameron’s filmography — his inevitable demise lands with a half-hearted whimper.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Land with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/land%20with. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.
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