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splash down

Idioms  

  1. Land in water, as in The spacecraft splashed down within a few hundred yards of the pickup point. The splash in this idiom alludes to the impact of a solid body on water. [c. 1960]

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Once that stage is complete, powerful parachutes will slow the spacecraft, which will splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.

From Barron's

They will end the mission with a splash down in the Pacific Ocean.

From BBC

The astronauts, known as Crew 11, are expected to splash down off the coast of California in the early hours of Thursday local time.

From BBC

It is expected to splash down in just under 24 hours.

From BBC

Axiom Space said the craft would splash down in the ocean off the coast of California and a vessel would then pick it up.

From BBC

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