What is the meaning of touch-and-go?

adjective

  • Fraught with danger.
    • usage: "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"
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