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lands with one's bum in the butter

lands with one's bum in the butter is the third-person singular simple present indicative of land with one's bum in the butter.

Meaning of land with one's bum in the butter

Verb

land with one's bum in the butter (third-person singular simple present lands with one's bum in the butter, present participle landing with one's bum in the butter, simple past and past participle landed with one's bum in the butter)

  1. (Australia, South Africa, UK, also, informal) To find oneself in fortunate circumstances.
    • Margaret and Eric, the brother and sister who moved out of our house really landed with their bum in the butter. They were fostered out to a family that had a car which meant they were rich, as only rich people had cars.2011, Bill Green, Billy: One Boy's War, page 56

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Lands with one's bum in the butter is the third-person singular simple present indicative of land with one's bum in the butter.

Words near lands with one's bum in the butter in the dictionary

  1. lands the plane
  2. lands up
  3. lands up over
  4. lands upon
  5. lands with
  6. lands with one's bum in the butter
  7. landsale
  8. landsales
  9. Landsat
  10. Landsats
  11. Landsbaum

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