touch-and-go

Definition of Touch-and-go in English :

Adjective

1. parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go

fraught with danger

Example Sentences:
'dangerous waters'
'a parlous journey on stormy seas'
'a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat'
'the precarious life of an undersea diver'
'dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Touch-and-go

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adjective

(touch-and-go when prenominal)

risky or critical

a touch-and-go situation

adjective

risky or critical

I don't know for sure. It's a bit touch-and-go at the moment.

a touch-and-go situation

It's touch-and-go with him.

It's touch and go whether we'll make it in time.

It was touch and go whether we'd go bankrupt at one point.

It was touch and go whether we'd succeed.

Touch-and-go

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adjective

uncertain, risky, or precarious

Touch-and-go

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adj.

Dangerous and uncertain in nature or outcome; precarious; delicate: major surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery.

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