adj.
Dangerous and uncertain in nature or outcome; precarious; delicate: major surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery.
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touch-and-go (tŭch'ən-gō') |
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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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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
fraught with danger
Synonyms: parlous, perilous, precarious
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