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land someone in something
phrasal verb with landverbuk /lænd/ us /lænd/
to cause someone to be in a difficult situation: 使（某人）陷入困境
Revealing confidential information to a rival company could land you in serious trouble with your boss.向竞争对手泄露公司秘密的话，你的老板不会轻饶了你。
The demonstration outside the embassy landed some of the protesters in jail overnight.在使馆外举行抗议示威活动导致一些抗议者被拘留了一夜。
He landed himself in deep/hot water(= in a very difficult or unpleasant situation) by lying to the tax office about his earnings.他因向税务部门谎报收入而惹上了大麻烦。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing difficulties for oneself or others
ask questions of someone/somethingidiom
be a tall orderidiom
be asking for troubleidiom
be your own worst enemyidiom
bother someone with something
catch
dig
make it difficult for someone to do something
obduracy
open a can of worms
overburden
pitchfork someone into something
sand
shoot
subject someone/something to something
sucker punch
swamp
tall
throw sand in the gearsidiom
wrong-foot
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