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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Yusei Kikuchi landed with the Los Angeles Angels, Blake Snell landed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Max Fried recently landed with the New York Yankees. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024 But any act of love, free or otherwise, can land with the same joy as unwrapping a present. Scottie Andrew, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024 Helen’s origin story, her complicated feelings about the intermingled real and fake parts of her life, and her grief over the murder of her lover, Jason (Andrew Koji from Warrior, who appears frequently in flashback), just don’t land with the same force as the banter or the action sequences. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2024 Hunting is allowed on private lands with the permission of the landowner, in most state forests and wildlife management areas, and in some state parks, according to DEEP. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 16 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for land with 

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“Land with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/land%20with. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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