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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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A recovery team including Navy personnel is waiting to retrieve the crew, expected to splash down near San Diego.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The astronauts were speaking to news media less than two days before they are scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean at the end of their 10-day mission around the Moon.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

On Friday, the crew of the Artemis II mission will splash down on Earth after its historic 10-day flyby of the Moon.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

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

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

I splash down the creek, climb to the bridge, and put on my moccasins.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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