land in someone's lap

English

Verb

land in someone's lap (third-person singular simple present lands in someone's lap, present participle landing in someone's lap, simple past and past participle landed in someone's lap)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To come into somebody's possession without that person making any effort to attain it, and possibly without them expecting it.
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