"land on one's feet" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-land on one's feet.ogg [Australia] Forms: lands on one's feet [present, singular, third-person], landing on one's feet [participle, present], landed on one's feet [participle, past], landed on one's feet [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=land on one's feet}} land on one's feet (third-person singular simple present lands on one's feet, present participle landing on one's feet, simple past and past participle landed on one's feet)
  1. (idiomatic) To be lucky, or successful, often in difficult situations. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: fall on one's feet Related terms: on the right foot, stick the landing Translations (Translations): selvitä (Finnish), pärjätä (Finnish), pudota jaloilleen (Finnish), retomber sur ses pattes (French), cadere in piedi (Italian), spadać na cztery łapy [imperfective] (Polish), spaść na cztery łapy [perfective] (Polish), caer de pie (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-land_on_one's_feet-en-verb-m3tkMAlI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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