to land the plane
9
3.5
- phrasal verb
- /lænd ðə pleɪn/
- Specialized
- 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
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Watch on YouTubeIt'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
267
3.3
Move something or someone from a higher to a lower place, for example land an aircraft
49
3.6
To land on the ground after a flight
14
3.6
To land on the ground or another surface
Antonyms
How Safe
- Specialized
9
3.5
49
3.6
- Specialized
1
8.8
652
2.3
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'.