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be touch and go

VERB
hang in the balance
Synonyms
WEAK


Example Sentences

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"She needs to mobilise her voters to have a better chance to win this race. But it's going to be touch and go."

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

"The decision at the meeting will be touch and go, however, and dependent on financial markets continuing to stabilise between now and next week's policy meeting," they said.

From Reuters • Mar. 17, 2023

Yet he admits that even with a heart transplant, it will be touch and go for the first year.

From The Guardian • Sep. 5, 2014

It is going to be touch and go whether they stay up.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2014

"It'll be touch and go whether we save him," said he.

From The Clarion by Stevens, William Dodge




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