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touch down

• (of an aircraft or spacecraft) land.
• "his plane touched down at Nice airport"
Similar: land, alight, come in to land, come down, come to earth, come to rest, put down, make a landing, arrive,
Opposite: take off,
• touch the ground with the ball behind the opponents' goal line, scoring a try.
• "he ran clear and touched down between the posts"


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