: 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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Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
Maybe not Unfolding in the background are touch-and-go negotiations for a cease-fire deal.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 9 May 2024
Lindy Segal, Glamour, 30 Jan. 2024
These conditions are still being studied and treatment can be touch and go or difficult to access, making weight loss even more difficult to achieve.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
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Noun
There would be many touch-and-go points throughout this or-deal, not to mention a whole litany of residual side effects from the treatment that no one told us about.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
Maybe not Unfolding in the background are touch-and-go negotiations for a cease-fire deal.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 9 May 2024
Adjective
As January slogged on, availability of the potato bites became touch and go.
—Lindy Segal, Glamour, 30 Jan. 2024
These conditions are still being studied and treatment can be touch and go or difficult to access, making weight loss even more difficult to achieve.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
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“Touch-and-go.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch-and-go. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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