to land
- verb
- /lænd/
- Those things can land you in jail.
Examples
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My remarks, which challenged the status quo, landed me in my first political trouble.
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Ignoring the warnings at the party landed her in a difficult situation.
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So we're using it to try to land clients, right?
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And so I just wasn't able to even land a single interview well.
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And I was auditioning left and right, and I could not land a single job.
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The Fed's efforts to restrain the expansion may yet land the economy in a recession.
Academic text (1990) -
The gesture lands Blackwater in hot water with a federal charge of improper gift giving.
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His reckless behavior landed him in serious trouble with the law.
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The false accusations landed him in a challenging predicament at work.
Synonyms
To cause something to happen or create a change
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
To put a plane or helicopter down quickly in an emergency, often causing damage
- Specialized
To make an aircraft land unexpectedly because of engine failure or bad weather
- Specialized
To get natural gas from under the ground by forcing water and chemicals into rocks
Compounds
A region east of the Mediterranean Sea, mainly Israel and Palestine, that is sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims
A place or situation someone hopes will bring them happiness after a long struggle
- Formal
Public land that a government gives to someone for building colleges or railways
Government action that takes farm land from large owners and gives it to small farmers
- Informal
An imaginary place where people are out of touch with reality because they are too optimistic
Official nickname for the US state of New Mexico about its beautiful land and rich culture
- Offensive
A joking name for California about its farms and unusual people
A nickname for Illinois in the United States because Abraham Lincoln lived there
- Literature
A peaceful place like a dream where people relax and forget their problems
A region of Antarctica claimed by Norway between Enderby Land and the Weddell Sea
How Serious
Surface Forms
Etymology
To land someone in trouble uses the verb sense of 'bring to a place'—you 'bring' a person into a bad situation. So a careless action can 'land' you in trouble, meaning it puts you into that state.