land in

Idioms  

1. Also, land up. Arrive at, end in something. For example, This situation could land you in a terrible mess, or I never thought I'd land up with a reward for excellence. These expressions both employ land in the sense of “to end,” a usage dating from the late 1600s.

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Example Sentences

It messed with our glamorous aviation industry; once, it skewed the odds at a beauty pageant because the planes flying contestants in from around Southern California to the Glendale airport couldn’t land in the smog.

From Los Angeles Times

While there may not be many opportunities on land in Sucre, there is wealth off its shore.

From BBC

"We will settle all our land in all its parts," he pledged.

From BBC

“So we are going to land in an environment where inflation is going to be higher. The main question is whether the Fed and other central banks will look through that or not.”

From MarketWatch

Tens of thousands of tonnes of waste has been dumped on the land in Over, near Gloucester, and witnesses have told the BBC that, at its height, 30-50 vehicles were going onto the site to dump rubbish every day.

From BBC