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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