splash down

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]

Example Sentences

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

Dragon is on track to reenter Earth’s atmosphere and splash down off the southern coast of California near Oceanside at ~10:44 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times

The five-day mission was originally set to blast off Monday but has been delayed repeatedly for various reasons, including a leaking launch-pad helium line and unfavorable weather off the coast of Florida, where the capsule will splash down on return.

From Los Angeles Times

“That’s Barry territory,” he said of a home run that cleared the towering right-center field bleachers at Oracle Park, landing just short of a splash down in McCovey Cove.

From Los Angeles Times

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