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
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 even we can reach Port Moresby from here.
From Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal by Bowen, Robert Sydney
