touch and go
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touch and go
noun
1.
a precarious or delicate state of affairs: It was touch and go there for a while during the operation.
2.
quick action or movement: the touch and go of city traffic.
Origin:
1645–55
1645–55
Dictionary.com Unabridged
ənˈgoʊ adjective
1.
risky; precarious: a touch-and-go descent down the mountain.
2.
hasty, sketchy, or desultory.
Origin:
1805–15
1805–15
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World English Dictionary
| touch and go | |
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| (touch-and-go when prenominal) risky or critical: a touch-and-go situation | |
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
touch and go definition
Uncertain or precarious: “The doctors told the patient that, even though her disease was in remission, from now on it was touch and go.”
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Slang Dictionary
touch and go definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases
touch and go
Extremely uncertain or risky, as in It was touch and go after the surgery; we were not sure he'd survive it, or It was touch and go but they finally gave me a seat on the plane. This idiom implies that a mere touch may cause a calamity. [Early 1800s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
Again and again it was touch and go whether they could get by a given point.
It is clear that putting water into these pools to cool them after the accident was touch and go.
For several days it was touch and go as to whether the people would follow their government in surrender.
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