splash down
verb phrase
to land in a body of water in a returning spacecraft.
(of a spacecraft) to land in a body of water.
Origin of splash down
An Americanism dating back to 1955–60
Words nearby splash down
splanchnoskeletal,
splanchnoskeleton,
splanchnotribe,
splash,
splash dam,
splash down,
splash erosion,
splash guard,
splash out,
splashback,
splashboard
Idioms and Phrases with splash down
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]