how the land lies

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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

"Well, I shall soon see how the land lies, Sergeant I'm going ashore presently, and I can promise you it won't be my fault if I let this fellow get to windward of me."

From Foster's Letter Of Marque A Tale Of Old Sydney - 1901 by Becke, Louis

"I shall let him know how the land lies," said she to herself.

From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

Let’s go down to where the prisoners 244 are, Jeanne, and see how the land lies.

From A Daughter of the Union by Madison, Lucy Foster