Recovered consciousness before the others landed (4,2,4)

I believe the answer is:

came to rest

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'recovered consciousness before the others landed' is the definition.
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'recovered consciousness before the others' is the wordplay.
'recovered consciousness' becomes 'came to' (I've seen this in another clue).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'the others' becomes 'rest' (other people are the rest).
'cameto'+'rest'='CAME TO REST'

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