Meaning of tightrope-walk | Babel Free

Examples

“[Marshall] Goldberg then rounded his own right end and tightrope-walked the side chalk mark for 18 yards and a first down on the Washington 35.”

“That’s five innings the hard way for Quakertown, which left eight runners stranded as Pennridge tightrope-walked out of danger. […] Four or five more games like yesterday’s, and the Lady Rams will have tightrope-walked their way deep into the state tournament.”

“He tightrope-walked to a Game 2 save, giving up back-to-back, two-out singles to Corey Dickerson and Yadier Molina before getting Tommy Edman to foul out.”

“"Rocket Full of Pie" is pure visual comedy, involving baked goods that need to be thrown off a boat and a tightrope-walk across a very long muffler.”

“The audacity, the outrageousness, the dazzling changes of tone, the tightrope-walk between heart-pounding thrills and laugh-out-loud black comedy that made the first season so fresh and original were laboured and formulaic second time around.”

“Olszewski made some nice moves, received key blocks by Rashod Berry, and Donte Moncrief and did a nice tightrope-walk along the sideline.”

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