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
"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
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
It'll be touch and go whether even we can reach Port Moresby from here.
From Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal by Bowen, Robert Sydney
