: 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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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 May 2025
The pope was alert and responsive on Sunday and attended Mass.
Francis' condition is touch-and-go, given his age, fragility and pre-existing lung disease, doctors said.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 May 2025
Doctors have said Francis’ condition is touch and go, given his age, fragility and preexisting lung disease.
—Nicole Winfield and Trisha Thomas, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The deal with Braff comes after months of touch-and-go negotiations that hit major hurdles over both money and Braff’s request for the series to film in Los Angeles and not Vancouver as originally planned, sources said.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 May 2025
The pope was alert and responsive on Sunday and attended Mass.
Francis' condition is touch-and-go, given his age, fragility and pre-existing lung disease, doctors said.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
The latter approach, which requires the use of one or more drills, has never been tried before, but touch and go is tried and true; NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe and Japan's Hayabusa2 used it to snag samples of the asteroids Bennu and Ryugu, respectively.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 May 2025
Doctors have said Francis’ condition is touch and go, given his age, fragility and preexisting lung disease.
—Nicole Winfield and Trisha Thomas, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Touch-and-go.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch-and-go. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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