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Land on the ground, as in The spacecraft touched down on schedule . This idiom was first recorded in 1935.

He did allow commandos to touch down in order to collect DNA samples so the military could prove Nabhan had died.

The ship would touch down on three worlds, and on any of them the Lhari might have his description, or his alias!

Two more plays, Stonewell carrying the ball, brought a touch-down to Annapolis and Stonewell kicked a goal.

If he scores a touch-down—that is, if it goes inside the line, it counts three points to the side throwing the ball.

Stevenson thinks 62 Im a wonder, and I dont know a touch-down from aa forward kick!

From there the home team managed to push its way to a touch-down, the third and last score of the day.

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