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touch_and_go

touch and go

See also: touch-and-go

English

Adjective

touch and go (comparative more touch and go, superlative most touch and go)

  1. (idiomatic) Precarious, delicate, dangerous, risky, sensitive or of uncertain outcome.
    His condition was touch and go for a time after the accident, but they think he will recover.
    I could sense it was touch and go whether I could get the lay.

Verb

touch and go

  1. (nautical) To touch bottom lightly and without damage, as a vessel in motion.