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splash down

[for a space capsule] to land in the water. The capsule splashed down very close to the pickup ship.

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splash down

Land in water, as in The spacecraft splashed down within a few hundred yards of the pickup point. The splash in this idiom alludes to the impact of a solid body on water. [c. 1960]

See also: down, splash

splash down

v.

To land in water. Used of a spacecraft or missile: The spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean.

See also: down, splash