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touch-and-go  adjective(Of an outcome, especially one that is desired) possible but very uncertain: it was touch-and-go whether she could reach the pram before it overturned...- Do you anticipate any additional touch-and-go maneuvers?
- Paddling on Lake Athabasca is a bumpy, touch-and-go affair.
- Now it seems like he probably will, though it's still very touch-and-go.
Synonyms uncertain, unsure, unclear, dubious, tight, delicate; sticky, tricky, precarious, risky, in jeopardy, in danger, hazardous, dangerous, critical, unsafe, treacherous, suspenseful, cliffhanging, on thin ice, hanging by a thread informal hairy British informal dodgy noun (plural touch-and-goes)A manoeuvre in which an aircraft touches the ground as in landing and immediately takes off again: I tried a few touch-and-goes...- He did 10 touch-and-goes on his next landing - I've never seen an airplane bounce so high so much, so far.
- Thoroughly warm the aircraft engine by taking the plane up for some touch-and-goes or a quick trip to a local airport for the usual high-cholesterol breakfast.
- For example, a plane that makes many flights or touch-and-goes during the year should have its landing gear lubricated.
Rhymes aglow, ago, alow, although, apropos, art nouveau, Bamako, Bardot, beau, Beaujolais Nouveau, below, bestow, blow, bo, Boileau, bons mots, Bordeaux, Bow, bravo, bro, cachepot, cheerio, Coe, crow, Defoe, de trop, doe, doh, dos-à-dos, do-si-do, dough, dzo, Flo, floe, flow, foe, foreknow, foreshow, forgo, Foucault, froe, glow, go, good-oh, go-slow, grow, gung-ho, Heathrow, heave-ho, heigh-ho, hello, ho, hoe, ho-ho, jo, Joe, kayo, know, lo, low, maillot, malapropos, Marceau, mho, Miró, mo, Mohs, Monroe, mot, mow, Munro, no, Noh, no-show, oh, oho, outgo, outgrow, owe, Perrault, pho, po, Poe, pro, quid pro quo, reshow, righto, roe, Rouault, row, Rowe, sew, shew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, soh, sow, status quo, stow, Stowe, strow, tally-ho, though, throw, tic-tac-toe, to-and-fro, toe, tow, trow, undergo, undersow, voe, whacko, whoa, wo, woe, Xuzhou, yo, yo-ho-ho, Zhengzhou, Zhou |