be touch and go

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

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

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2014

What the hard data and the survey evidence show is that it will be touch and go whether Britain has a triple-dip recession this winter.

From The Guardian • Dec. 21, 2012

I think they felt that it was going to be touch and go, the margins were going to be very tight, the medals would be spread right across the different nations.

From Reuters • Aug. 13, 2012

The doctor comes, examines, looks wise, shakes his head, says the only chance is to operate; but it will be touch and go, just a toss up.

From The Tale of Timber Town by Grace, Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus)