how the land lies
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Surely you bite your lip, enjoy representing your country and see how the land lies when you get back?
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2025
That way, Verstappen can see how the land lies in 2026, and if Red Bull are struggling it will be contractually easier to move in that case as well.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2025
You see how the land lies, and as I’ve said afore, I don’t want to ride rusty over your skipper.
From Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop by Harold Piffard
Let’s go down to where the prisoners 244 are, Jeanne, and see how the land lies.
From A Daughter of the Union by Lucy Foster Madison
You must come over to these Towers with me and see how the land lies.
From A Poached Peerage by William Magnay
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