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touch-and-go

[tuhch-uhn-goh]
–adjective
1. risky; precarious: a touch-and-go descent down the mountain.
2. hasty, sketchy, or desultory.

Origin:
1805–15
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touch-and-go   (tŭch'ən-gō')
adj.  Dangerous and uncertain in nature or outcome; precarious; delicate: major surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery.
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