touch and go

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noun

a precarious or delicate state of affairs: It was touch and go there for a while during the operation.

quick action or movement: the touch and go of city traffic.

Origin of touch and go

First recorded in 1645–55

Words nearby touch and go

totting, totty, toucan, toucanet, touch, touch and go, touchback, touch base with, touch bottom, touchdown, touché

Definition for touch and go (2 of 2)

touch-and-go

[ tuhch-uhn-goh ]

/ ˈtʌtʃ ənˈgoʊ /

adjective

risky; precarious: a touch-and-go descent down the mountain.

hasty, sketchy, or desultory.

Origin of touch-and-go

First recorded in 1805–15

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for touch and go

START ratification is touch-and-go, too, since, being a treaty, it requires a two-thirds majority to pass.
The GOP Is Eating Obama's Lunch|Eric Alterman|December 17, 2010|DAILY BEAST
He managed to elude his fellow-countrymen as it happened, but it was "touch-and-go" with him.
The adventures of Kimble Bent|James Cowan
Watching our chances, the rest of us swarmed up between swells, but it was touch-and-go all the time and took a long while.
Stories of the Ships|Lewis R. Freeman
This touch-and-go sort of battling was too strenuous even for the giant Cimmerian.
The Hour of the Dragon|Robert E. Howard

I was glad that when riding this road in the dark I had not realised it was in quite such a touch-and-go condition.
Through the Land of the Serb|Mary Edith Durham
These touch-and-go experiments form no part of the strict duties of the chulo; his exclusive province is the banderilla.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 436, February 1852|Various

British Dictionary definitions for touch and go

touch and go

adjective

(touch-and-go when prenominal) risky or criticala touch-and-go situation

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with touch and go

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]

Cultural definitions for touch and go

touch and go

Uncertain or precarious: “The doctors told the patient that, even though her disease was in remission, from now on it was touch and go.”

单词	touch and go
释义	touch and go SEE SYNONYMS FOR touch and go ON THESAURUS.COM noun a precarious or delicate state of affairs: It was touch and go there for a while during the operation. quick action or movement: the touch and go of city traffic. Origin of touch and go First recorded in 1645–55 Words nearby touch and go totting, totty, toucan, toucanet, touch, touch and go, touchback, touch base with, touch bottom, touchdown, touché Definition for touch and go (2 of 2) touch-and-go [ tuhch-uhn-goh ] / ˈtʌtʃ ənˈgoʊ / adjective risky; precarious: a touch-and-go descent down the mountain. hasty, sketchy, or desultory. Origin of touch-and-go First recorded in 1805–15 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for touch and go START ratification is touch-and-go, too, since, being a treaty, it requires a two-thirds majority to pass. The GOP Is Eating Obama's Lunch\|Eric Alterman\|December 17, 2010\|DAILY BEAST He managed to elude his fellow-countrymen as it happened, but it was "touch-and-go" with him. The adventures of Kimble Bent\|James Cowan Watching our chances, the rest of us swarmed up between swells, but it was touch-and-go all the time and took a long while. Stories of the Ships\|Lewis R. Freeman This touch-and-go sort of battling was too strenuous even for the giant Cimmerian. The Hour of the Dragon\|Robert E. Howard I was glad that when riding this road in the dark I had not realised it was in quite such a touch-and-go condition. Through the Land of the Serb\|Mary Edith Durham These touch-and-go experiments form no part of the strict duties of the chulo; his exclusive province is the banderilla. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 436, February 1852\|Various British Dictionary definitions for touch and go touch and go adjective (touch-and-go when prenominal) risky or criticala touch-and-go situation Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with touch and go 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® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to touch and go afraid, unsure, hesitant, touchy, shaky, apprehensive, anxious, uptight, troubled, uncertain, threatening, hazardous, treacherous, precarious, unstable, delicate, ticklish, rugged, dicey, risky Cultural definitions for touch and go touch and go 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 New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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touch and go

noun

Origin of touch and go

Words nearby touch and go

Definition for touch and go (2 of 2)

adjective

Origin of touch-and-go

Example sentences from the Web for touch and go

British Dictionary definitions for touch and go

adjective

Idioms and Phrases with touch and go

Words related to touch and go

Cultural definitions for touch and go