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land the plane

land the plane verb: to abort an unsuccessful enterprise, especially an unsuccessful political campaign.

Verb

land the plane (third-person singular simple present lands the plane, present participle landing the plane, simple past and past participle landed the plane)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To abort an unsuccessful enterprise, especially an unsuccessful political campaign.

Forms of land the plane

third-person singular presentlands the plane
present participlelanding the plane
past participlelanded the plane
pastlanded the plane

Questions about land the plane

What does land the plane mean?
Land the plane means to abort an unsuccessful enterprise, especially an unsuccessful political campaign.
What part of speech is land the plane?
Land the plane is a verb.
What is the past tense of land the plane?
The past tense of land the plane is landed the plane.

Words near land the plane in the dictionary

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  2. land tax
  3. land taxes
  4. land tenure
  5. land tenures
  6. land the plane
  7. land torpedo
  8. land torpedoes
  9. land torpedos
  10. land train
  11. land trains

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