sticking the landing
v. phr.— «“We don’t got no bands no more,” the doorman answers, pulling off a triple negative and sticking the landing. “Just DJs.”» —“Northgate’s movie-to-music transformation works” by Tom Scanlon Seattle Times Nov. 15, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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