touch and go

touch and go

See also: touch-and-go

English

Adjective

touch and go (comparative more touch and go, superlative most touch and go)

1. Precarious, delicate, risky, sensitive; of uncertain outcome (by analogy with a ship in shallow water).

   His condition was touch and go for a time after the accident, but they think he will recover.

   I could sense it was touch and go whether I could get the lay.

Verb

touch and go

1. (nautical) To touch bottom lightly and without damage, as a vessel in motion.