touch down
phrasal verbtouch down
- (of a plane, spacecraft, etc.) to make contact with the ground as it lands
- The helicopter touched down on the helipad.
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- (of a tornado) to make contact with the ground
- Tornadoes touched down in Alabama and Louisiana.
- (in rugby) to score a try by putting the ball on the ground behind the other team’s goal line related noun touchdownTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2