land with
B2 informal inseparable transitive
In simple words
To make someone deal with something difficult or unpleasant that they didn't want.
Literal meaning: To cause something to land on someone — as if dropping a burden onto them from above.
Meanings
1 B2
idiomatic
informal
To give someone an unwanted task, problem, or responsibility, often without their consent.
"She went on holiday and landed us with all the extra work."
Grammar: inseparable
2 B2
idiomatic
informal
(Passive) To find oneself burdened with something undesirable.
"He was landed with a huge tax bill he had no idea was coming."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Almost always used in the passive ('be landed with something') or to describe an unwilling recipient. Carries a clear negative connotation — the object is always something undesirable. Common in everyday British and Australian English.
Commonly used with
bill problem debt responsibility job mess
Forms
Base
land with
I/you/we/they
3rd person
lands with
he/she/it
Past simple
landed with
yesterday
Past participle
landed with
have + pp
-ing form
landing with
continuous
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