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walk a tightrope

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To undertake a precarious course of action.

figuratively

Equivalents

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Examples

“The company constantly walked a tightrope between operating on little money and filling orders quickly.”
“The older me, the one who prefers wine to fizz, wishes Leerhsen had more to say⟳ about things like⟳: a) the elite and vernacular food worlds pre- and post-Bourdain; b) how Bourdain walked a moral tightrope across the conventions of travel⟳ writing and reporting, no mean⟳ feat for a wealthy white man in skinny jeans; […].”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

walk all over walk and chew gum at the same time walk around walk away walk away from walk away with

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