LAND UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does land up mean? 

• LAND UP (verb)
  The verb LAND UP has 2 senses:

1. block with earth, as after a landslide

2. finally be or do something

  Familiarity information: LAND UP used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAND UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Block with earth, as after a landslide

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

earth up; land up

Hypernyms (to "land up" is one way to...):

block; close up; impede; jam; obstruct; obturate; occlude (block passage through)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Finally be or do something

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

end up; fetch up; finish; finish up; land up; wind up

Context example:

he wound up being unemployed and living at home again

Hypernyms (to "land up" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s VERB-ing