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land in
Idioms and Phrases
Also, land up . Arrive at, end in something. For example, This situation could land you in a terrible mess , or I never thought I'd land up with a reward for excellence . These expressions both employ land in the sense of “to end,” a usage dating from the late 1600s.Example Sentences
If someone ultimately does want to sell, the groups want to be there to acquire the land in a bid to stop an escalation in home prices.
Israel has seized more land in the south of Syria beyond the area of the Golan Heights that it has long occupied.
Sergele is now in danger of being dragged into what's known locally as the "Forbidden Zone" - a large strip of land in northern Iraq affected by Turkey's war with the Kurdish militant group the PKK, which launched an insurgency in southern Turkey in 1984.
A persuasive factor in Disney’s decision to settle with Trump, according to the Times’ reporting in December, was their lawyers’ concern that the case would land in the Supreme Court, where Justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas have signaled an openness to overturning Sullivan.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the law ensures "public access to land in an equitable and just manner".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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