Meaning of touch and go | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Characterized by brief and transitory encounters.
   obsolete
2. Precarious, delicate, risky, sensitive; of uncertain outcome (by analogy with a ship in shallow water).

Examples

“Madam, I’m gone; no wonder⟳, for you know⟳, Lovers' encounters are but touch⟳ and go.”

“His condition was touch⟳ and go for a time after the accident, but they think⟳ he will recover⟳.”

“I could sense⟳ it was touch⟳ and go whether I could get⟳ the lay⟳.”

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