Touch-and-go
[tuhch-uh n-goh] /ˈtʌtʃ ənˈgoʊ/
adjective
1.
risky; precarious:
a touch-and-go descent down the mountain.
2.
hasty, sketchy, or desultory.
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.
touch and go
adjective
1.
(touch-and-go when prenominal) risky or critical: a touch-and-go situation
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.”
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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 ]
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