to land the plane
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3.5
- phrasal verb
- /lænd ðə pleɪn/
- Specialized
:
aterrizar el avión
- With the weather worsening, the pilot had to land the plane as soon as possible.
- land the plane safely
- the pilot landed the plane
- try to land the plane
It's just so remote and you know, you land the plane on just this ice runway and it's so sketchy.
- It's just so remote and you know, you land the plane on just this ice runway and it's so sketchy.
- You know, that's the thing, you know, I'm not out there jerking off to, you know, Sergeant Sully lands the plane or whatever that movie was.
Examples
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After several attempts, the captain successfully landed the plane in the designated area.
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Did I land the plane safely?
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Oh, well, we managed to land the plane just fine.
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Then help me land the plane.
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But the pilot managed to land the plane as if nothing had happened.
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I'm going to go land the plane.
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I'm gonna land the plane.
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Land the plane as soon as possible.
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They're going to land the plane somehow.
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If a pilot has an inaccurate passenger manifest, he must land the plane.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To come down and rest on a surface
45
3.6
To land on the ground after a flight
15
3.3
Move something or someone from a higher to a lower place, for example land an aircraft
9
3.6
To land on the ground or another surface
Antonyms
How Safe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to bring an aircraft down on the ground safely' is directly and literally derived from combining 'land' (to move down and rest on a surface) with 'plane' (a powered fixed-wing flying vehicle); the article 'the' is merely grammatical. This straightforward verb + object composition is cross-linguistically common and thus immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Land the plane comes from real flying: a pilot guides a plane down so it lands safely on the ground. That's why it means 'to bring an aircraft down on the ground safely'.