Idiom
land on
Meaning
To reach a common conclusion or agreement, usually following a small period of disagreement.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We finally landed on a plan for our weekend trip.”
“After discussing several different options for the new office design, the team landed on a simple, modern style.”
“Following hours of intense debate regarding the project budget, the committee eventually landed on a compromise that satisfied all the stakeholders involved.”
Examples
simple
“We finally landed on a plan for our weekend trip.”
contextual
“After discussing several different options for the new office design, the team landed on a simple, modern style.”
complex
“Following hours of intense debate regarding the project budget, the committee eventually landed on a compromise that satisfied all the stakeholders involved.”
Origin
A phrasal verb formed from the verb *land*, denoting the act of arriving at a destination, and the preposition *on*, indicating a position atop or onto a surface.
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