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to touch down
01
(of an aircraft or spacecraft) to land on the ground
Intransitive: to touch down somewhere
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Movement verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
down
Base verb
touch
Present tense
touch down
3rd person singular
touches down
Present participle
touching down
Past simple
touched down
Past participle
touched down
Examples
The helicopter touched down on the rooftop to rescue the stranded hikers.
