HyperDic: touch-and-go

English > 1 sense of the word touch-and-go:
ADJECTIVEalltouch-and-go, parlous, perilous, precariousfraught with danger
English > touch-and-go: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningfraught with danger.
Example "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"
Synonymsparlous, perilous, precarious
Broaderdangerous, unsafeInvolving or causing danger or risk
Spanisharriesgado, peligroso, temerario
Catalanarriscat, perillós, temerari

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