land up (some place)
land up (some place)
To arrive at, come to, or end up in a particular location, especially unexpectedly. Typically followed by "in." In this usage, a name or pronoun can be used after "land" when talking about performing the action on someone else. We somehow landed up at Mary's house last night around 3 AM. The bag was put on the wrong flight and landed up in Detroit. I took a wrong turn and landed up miles away from the campsite.
See also: land, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
land up somehow or somewhere
to finish somehow or somewhere; to come to be in a certain state or place at the end. We set out for Denver but landed up in Salt Lake City. He's so extravagant that he landed up in debt.
See also: land, somehow, somewhere, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
land up
v.
To arrive somewhere, especially when not anticipated: We got lost and landed up miles from home. An accident shut down the freeway, and I landed up downtown.
See also: land, up
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- orient
- orient to
- orient to (something)
- at one's leisure
- involve with
- involve with (someone or something)
- involved with
- (Is) this taken?
- not do (someone or oneself) any favors
- spiff up