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'll put Dollops on the job, while I snoop around a bit for myself, and see how the land lies.

From The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel by Hanshew, Mary E.

Well, let us work round at once, and then we shall see how the land lies.

From With Cochrane the Dauntless by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

"I see how the land lies," he remarked.

From The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century by Heyer, Georgette