Speakur

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land in someone's lap

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables
land in -some-one's lap
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To come into somebody's possession without that person making any effort to attain it, and possibly without them expecting it.

Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

lands in someone's lap (present, singular) landing in someone's lap (participle, present) landed in someone's lap (participle, past) landed in someone's lap (past)

Questions

What does land in someone's lap mean?
To come into somebody's possession without that person making any effort to attain it, and possibly without them expecting it.

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