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May 27, 2012
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touch' and go'




1. a precarious or delicate state of affairs: It was touch and go there for a while during the operation.
2. quick action or movement: the touch and go of city traffic.

touch-and-go



Pronunciation: (tuch'un-gō'), [key]
—adj.
1. risky; precarious: a touch-and-go descent down the mountain.
2. hasty, sketchy, or desultory.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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