Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
touch-and-go
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ It'll be touch-and-go for the first three days after the operation.
Wiktionary
touch-and-go
a. (context idiomatic English) (attributive of touch and go English) n. (context aviation English) A landing on a runway immediately followed by a takeoff without an intervening full stop.
WordNet
touch-and-go
adj. fraught with danger; "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery" [syn: parlous, perilous, precarious]