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  • 1land in something — ˈland in sth | ˈland sb/yourself in sth derived (informal) to get sb/yourself into a difficult situation • She was arrested and landed in court. • His hot temper has landed him in trouble before. • …

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  • 2land somebody in something — ˈland in sth | ˈland sb/yourself in sth derived (informal) to get sb/yourself into a difficult situation • She was arrested and landed in court. • His hot temper has landed him in trouble before. • …

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  • 3land yourself in something — ˈland in sth | ˈland sb/yourself in sth derived (informal) to get sb/yourself into a difficult situation • She was arrested and landed in court. • His hot temper has landed him in trouble before. • …

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  • 4land — 1 noun 1 NOT SEA (U) the solid dry part of the Earth s surface: After 21 days at sea we sighted land. | by land: It s quicker by land than sea. | on land: The crocodile lays its eggs on land. 2 GROUND (U) ground, especially when used for farming… …

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  • 5land — land1 W1S1 [lænd] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(ground)¦ 2¦(not sea)¦ 3¦(country)¦ 4¦(not city)¦ 5¦(property)¦ 6 see/find out how the land lies 7 in the land of the living 8 the land of milk and honey 9 (in) the land of nod ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [ …

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  • 6land somebody with something — ˈland sb/yourself with sth/sb derived (informal) to give sb/yourself sth unpleasant to do, especially because nobody else wants to do it • As usual, I got landed with all the boring jobs. Main entry: ↑landderived …

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  • 7land yourself with something — ˈland sb/yourself with sth/sb derived (informal) to give sb/yourself sth unpleasant to do, especially because nobody else wants to do it • As usual, I got landed with all the boring jobs. Main entry: ↑landderived …

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  • 8land somebody with somebody — ˈland sb/yourself with sth/sb derived (informal) to give sb/yourself sth unpleasant to do, especially because nobody else wants to do it • As usual, I got landed with all the boring jobs. Main entry: ↑landderived …

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  • 9land yourself with somebody — ˈland sb/yourself with sth/sb derived (informal) to give sb/yourself sth unpleasant to do, especially because nobody else wants to do it • As usual, I got landed with all the boring jobs. Main entry: ↑landderived …

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  • 10land a punch — land a punch/blow/ phrase to succeed in hitting someone He landed a punch on Jackson’s nose. Thesaurus: to hit a personsynonym Main entry: land * * * land a ˈblow, ˈpunch, etc …

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