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121land\ on — • jump on • jump all over • land on • land all over v. phr. informal To scold; criticize; blame. Tom s boss jumped all over Tom because he made a careless mistake. Janice landed on Robert for dressing carelessly for their date. I don t know why… …
122land boom — /ˈlænd bum/ (say land boohm) noun a time when great profit is to be made from the sale of land …
123land of Nod — noun 1. the mythical world of sleep. –phrase 2. be in the land of Nod, to be asleep. {from a pun on nod to drowse, with the Land of Nod in Genesis 4: 16, first made by Jonathan Swift in the Complete Collection of Polite and Ingenious Conversation …
124land grant — Broadly, a transfer of title to real estate. In the accepted sense of the term, a grant of public lands by the United States or a state. A grant of land in the public domain made by Congress from time to time for the support of education in the… …
125land·fall — /ˈlændˌfɑːl/ noun, pl falls [count] : the land that is first seen or reached after a journey by sea or air From the deck of the boat, we saw our first landfall. They made landfall [=they reached land] on the fourth day of their journey …
126land grant — noun Date: 1862 a grant of land made by the government especially for roads, railroads, or agricultural colleges …
127land of hope and glory — Meaning Britain. Origin From the song by A. C. Benson (1862 1925). Land of Hope and Glory, mother of the Free, how shall we extol thee, who are born of thee? Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set; God who made thee mighty, make thee… …
128land cop — The sale of land which was evidenced in early English law by the transfer of a rod or festuca (q.v.) as a symbol of possession which was handed by the seller to the reeve and by the reeve to the purchaser. The conveyance was made in court, it is… …
