stick the landing
v. phr.— «There was a little difficulty there—up around a “10” in difficulty.…But I stuck the landing.» —“Prankster takes over Camp Leo” by Mark Bradley Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Ga.) Jan. 28, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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