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What does get the lay of the land mean?
What does get the lay of the land mean?
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- Armenian
- English (US) Near fluent
To find out the details of a situation or problem
for example:
I'm not sure what's going to happen. That's why I'm coming in early. I want to get the lay of the land.
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"before doing anything wrong i wont to get the lay of the land here" does it make sense?
- Armenian
- English (US) Near fluent
If you really want to use that expression it will sound more mature like this: Before doing anything wrong I would like to get the lay of the land here
But If you want to sound more fluent in my opinion this is the best way of saying it:
Before making any assumption I would like to think twice about the issue.
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