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land on one's feet

land on one's feet verb: to be lucky, or successful, often in difficult situations.

Verb

land on one's feet (third-person singular simple present lands on one's feet, present participle landing on one's feet, simple past and past participle landed on one's feet)

  1. (idiomatic) To be lucky, or successful, often in difficult situations.

Antonyms of land on one's feet

Forms of land on one's feet

third-person singular presentlands on one's feet
present participlelanding on one's feet
past participlelanded on one's feet
pastlanded on one's feet
alternative formfall on one's feet

Questions about land on one's feet

What does land on one's feet mean?
Land on one's feet means to be lucky, or successful, often in difficult situations.
What part of speech is land on one's feet?
Land on one's feet is a verb.
What is the past tense of land on one's feet?
The past tense of land on one's feet is landed on one's feet.

Words near land on one's feet in the dictionary

  1. Land of the Long White Cloud
  2. Land of the Morning Calm
  3. Land of the Red Dragon
  4. Land of the Rising Sun
  5. land on
  6. land on one's feet
  7. Land Park
  8. land patent
  9. land patents
  10. land pirate
  11. land pirates

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