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touch and go
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touch and go
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touch and go
adjective
touch and go
adjective
Learner's definition of TOUCH AND GO
informal
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used to describe a situation in which no one is sure what will happen and there is a chance that the result will be bad
It was
touch and go
there for a while, but the patient survived.
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