land with
(transitive, UK) To assign extra work or burdensome work to (someone).
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Peace talks can stall, the BoE can surprise, and consultation papers can land with teeth. That leaves investors watching a thinner cushion than yesterday's rally suggests, with the trade-off between geopolitical optim…
Please could a filmmaker make a gripping TV drama series about what the mass failure of harvests in the foreseeable future will mean for ordinary people’s lives. The “Don’t Look Up” metaphor didn’t land with many, th…
hahah oh man. That really names something for me because I feel like we're living in 60s-70s therapy land with the tone of some of these models
Incredible. We’re so into La-la land with this court. They truly do not believe in democracy.
This is interesting (I'm still in debt to the OP for windpower Jesus, my only recognized god, until we cover more land with solar panels, then it's back to Ra).
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(transitive, UK) To assign extra work or burdensome work to (someone).
My boss landed me with dozens of assignments.
“Peace talks can stall, the BoE can surprise, and consultation papers can land with teeth. That leaves investors watching a thinner cushion than yesterday's rally suggests, with the trade-off between geopolitical optimism and regulatory follow-through sitting squarely on the”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Please could a filmmaker make a gripping TV drama series about what the mass failure of harvests in the foreseeable future will mean for ordinary people’s lives. The “Don’t Look Up” metaphor didn’t land with many, they need to see it! Do it before a Reform govt bans you!! Please”
— Bluesky· May 2026“hahah oh man. That really names something for me because I feel like we're living in 60s-70s therapy land with the tone of some of these models”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Incredible. We’re so into La-la land with this court. They truly do not believe in democracy.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“This is interesting (I'm still in debt to the OP for windpower Jesus, my only recognized god, until we cover more land with solar panels, then it's back to Ra).”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(transitive, US) To be the responsibility or duty of (someone).
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British slang meaning stuck with something unwanted or burdened with a difficult situation or person. To be lumbered with someone means to be landed with them, typically against your will or through bad luck. The older sense of being in prison is now obsolete. The burden sense is the one in everyday modern use.
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Toward the land.
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(legal, UK, obsolete) Land that has been granted temporarily, without any loss of ownership.
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The act of one who labors; toil; work done.