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.

Examples of land with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The three-bedroom, three-bathroom dome house spans over 3,000 square feet on a little over an acre of land with a picturesque creek running through the property. David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 15 May 2024 Fellow starter Joshua Jefferson also left Moraga, landing with Iowa State, and recruit Zion Sensley of Archbishop Riordan also decommitted last month. Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024 His departure is not a surprise, though landing with the Steelers perhaps is. Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 11 Mar. 2024 Humor has never been Honoré’s forte and most of the jokes here land with an indifferent thud — except in one scene where Deneuve visits Marcello’s old apartment and acts like a total ice-cold diva, dissing the new owner for his poor taste in interior design. Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 Like most Samburu herders, Paris's father lives in a hut built from sticks and tarp on a patch of land with no running water and no electricity. Nurith Aizenman, NPR, 12 May 2024 In the High Arctic, a Manhattan-size piece of land with geopolitical implications has hit the market for €300 million ($323 million). Sarah Rappaport, Fortune, 10 May 2024 Located just six miles outside uptown Charlotte, much of the luxurious area is built on suburban land with neighborhood streets connected to several main roads, like Sharon Avenue and Fairview Road. Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2024 Still, reforestation projects have created a buzz in the northern Amazon, where companies are rushing to buy up big plots of land with restoration potential. Manuela Andreoni Victor Moriyama, New York Times, 2 May 2024

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“Land with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/land%20with. Accessed 29 May. 2024.

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