land sb with sth
— phrasal verb with land /lænd/ verbDefinition
› If someone or something lands you with something, they cause problems for you: I hope you don't mind me landing you with the children at such short notice. Alan's gone off on holiday and I've been landed with the job of sorting out his mistakes.Inconvenience
(Definition of land sb with sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a pain (in the neck) idiom
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