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land down

C1 informal inseparable intransitive
In simple words

To arrive somewhere, especially when nobody was expecting you.

Literal meaning: To come down and land at a lower place — physically descriptive.

Meanings

1 C1 idiomatic informal

(Dialectal) To arrive at a place, often unexpectedly or informally.

"He landed down at our house around midnight without any warning."

Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes

Found in some Irish and Australian English dialects. Relatively rare in standard British or American English. 'Land up' or simply 'land' is more common for this sense. Can also be used regionally to mean to arrive back at a place.

Commonly used with

home door place town visit

Forms

Base
land down
I/you/we/they
3rd person
lands down
he/she/it
Past simple
landed down
yesterday
Past participle
landed down
have + pp
-ing form
landing down
continuous

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