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touch down
Idioms and Phrases
Land on the ground, as in The spacecraft touched down on schedule . This idiom was first recorded in 1935.Example Sentences
It’s when our man touches down in Europe that “The Amateur” starts to spin its wheels.
In 2021, Tom Cruise surprised locals of Pickering when he touched down in a helicopter to shoot scenes for Mission: Impossible at a heritage railway.
When you see a butterfly touch down on a flower, you might feel a sense of joy because it reminds you of how delicate our world is.
Speaking in Arizona, Sanders, whose “Fighting Oligarchy Tour” has already touched down in Wisconsin and Michigan, homed in on the billionaires he says are tightening their grip on the country.
Some of the 172 passengers travelling on the flight bound for Dallas were seen standing on the plane's wing after it touched down in Denver, with large plumes of smoke encircling around them.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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