touch down
"Touch down" can refer to landing in aviation or scoring in sports like American football and rugby.
🇺🇸 US Voice:
🇬🇧 UK Voice:
Definition
B2Aviation
(technical)To land an aircraft or spacecraft.
Example
- The plane touched down smoothly on the runway.
B2American Football
(sports)To score six points by carrying or catching the ball in the opponent's end zone.
Example
- He touched down in the final seconds to win the game.
B2Rugby
(sports)To score a try by placing the ball on the ground behind the opposing team's goal line.
Example
- She touched down to give her team the lead.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "touch down":
land onthree-point landingtouch offtouch ontouch basetouch and gohappy landingssplash downmake landfallstick the landingtouch grasscome downfirst downget downset footgo to groundset downcall downdrop intoget off the ground