how the land lies

Example Sentences

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Surely you bite your lip, enjoy representing your country and see how the land lies when you get back?

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

That way, Verstappen can see how the land lies in 2026, and if Red Bull are struggling it will be contractually easier to move in that case as well.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025

I should ha’ thought it would ha’ bin better to make us stand to one side, d’ye see, and let him see how the land lies.

From The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains by Webb, Archibald

I know that somebody was over there in the fort to find out how the land lies and what sort o’ shape them red-coats is in, an’ ’twouldn’t s’prise me if this was the chap.”

From With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga by Foster, W. Bertram

There was something wrong; so I rode past without stopping—one learns from them to find out how the land lies before doing anything.

From Jock of the Bushveld by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir