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  • 1touch-and-go — adjective 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,… …

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  • 2touch and go — {adj. phr.} Very dangerous or uncertain in situation. * /Our team won the game, all right, but it was touch and go for a while./ * /At one time while they were climbing the cliff it was touch and go whether they could do it./ …

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  • 3touch and go — {adj. phr.} Very dangerous or uncertain in situation. * /Our team won the game, all right, but it was touch and go for a while./ * /At one time while they were climbing the cliff it was touch and go whether they could do it./ …

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  • 4touch\ and\ go — adj. phr. Very dangerous or uncertain in situation. Our team won the game, all right, but it was touch and go for a while. At one time while they were climbing the cliff it was touch and go whether they could do it …

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  • 5touch and go — mod. chancy. □ It was touch and go for a while, but we are out of the woods now. □ The place was in a real tizzy. Everything was touch and go …

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  • 6touch 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. [1645 55] * * * …

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  • 7touch and go — adjective Date: 1815 unpredictable as to outcome ; uncertain < it was touch and go there for a while > …

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  • 8So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish — Infobox Book name = So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish title orig = translator = image caption = Ballantine Books, Paperback, 1999. author = Douglas Adams illustrator = cover artist = Peter Cross, U.S. hardcover country = United Kingdom and&#8230; …

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  • 9Tubes and primers for ammunition — Tubes and primers are used to ignite the propellant in projectile weapons. In ancient times various devices were adopted to ignite the charge. Small guns were fired by priming powder poured down the touch hole (or vent) and ignited by glowing&#8230; …

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  • 10Touch Me I'm Sick — Infobox Single Name = Touch Me I m Sick Artist = Mudhoney from Album = A side = Touch Me I m Sick B side = Sweet Young Thing Ain t Sweet No More Released = August 1, 1988 Format = 7 vinyl Recorded = March 1988 at Reciprocal Recording, Seattle,&#8230; …

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