Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Dangerous and uncertain in nature or outcome; precarious; delicate.
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- adjective idiomatic attributive form of
touch and go - noun aviation A landing on a runway immediately followed by a takeoff without an intervening full stop.
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Examples
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A year later, while completing a touch-and-go landing aboard Lexington, my TA-4J Skyhawk blew a tire that twisted the lower section of the landing gear.
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By the time Mr. Symonds is done detailing this matrix of accidents large and small, his book actually supports the view that the near-perfect U.S. clean sweep in such a touch-and-go affair as a carrier battle might fairly be called incredible.
The Beginning of the End James D. Hornfischer 2011
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But for the millions more who rely on suburban commuter lines to get to work, a touch-and-go commute was emerging as an irritating denouement to a less than ferocious storm.
Commuters in Line for Long Rides Jacob Gershman 2011
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He was gone and then he came back, had a touch-and-go hospitalization, and would have been fortunate to even be able to remember his own name.
The Flex Diet M.D. James Beckerman 2011
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He was gone and then he came back, had a touch-and-go hospitalization, and would have been fortunate to even be able to remember his own name.
The Flex Diet M.D. James Beckerman 2011
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Financing and incentives can also be touch-and-go.
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Right now, it's touch-and-go whether we can stop them, but we're fighting hard.
Cliff Schecter: Too Much Is at Stake in Virginia for a Blackout in Coverage Cliff Schecter 2011
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Right now, it's touch-and-go whether we can stop them, but we're fighting hard.
Cliff Schecter: Too Much Is at Stake in Virginia for a Blackout in Coverage Cliff Schecter 2011
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"It's touch-and-go," said Eric Neitzel, spokesman for the Show Low, Ariz., Fire Department.
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But for the millions more who rely on suburban commuter lines to get to work, a touch-and-go commute was emerging as an irritating denouement to a less than ferocious storm.
Commuters in Line for Long Rides Jacob Gershman 2011
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