: an airplane landing followed immediately by application of power and a takeoff and usually executed as one of a series for practice at landings
: unpredictable as to outcome : uncertain
it was touch and go there for a while
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Metro Fire of Sacramento says the small airplane – a Piper PA-28 Cherokee – was practicing touch-and-go landings when their landing gear malfunctioned and wouldn't properly engage.
—Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2026
Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
My friend was also informed that it might be touch and go for the next few weeks or months.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
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Noun
An Orangevale man piloting a Piper Tomahawk was conducting touch-and-go exercises at the airport when the plane’s landing gear failed to engage about 12:23 p.m., Nunez said.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Metro Fire of Sacramento says the small airplane – a Piper PA-28 Cherokee – was practicing touch-and-go landings when their landing gear malfunctioned and wouldn't properly engage.
—Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2026
Adjective
Seafarers used to describe a ship in shallow water that touches bottom from time to time as touch and go, which has been extended to designate any precarious situation.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
My friend was also informed that it might be touch and go for the next few weeks or months.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Touch-and-go.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch-and-go. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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