Meaning of touch-and-go in English
(Definition of touch-and-go from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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touch-and-go
adjective
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/ˈtʌtʃ·ənˈɡoʊ/Examples of touch-and-go
touch-and-go
It was not until his second season that he reached his intended area of operations, and even then it was touch-and-go.
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They know perfectly well that it was touch-and-go whether the unemployed were to receive anything at all.
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That man's life was touch-and-go for some weeks.
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It was touch-and-go this time, and if the situation is mishandled we shall be in a muddle over the most vital food crop that the country can produce.
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It was touch-and-go who would win.
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It was really touch-and-go at one point whether he'd survive or not because he was totally depleted.
It was used for emergency and for touch-and-go landings as part of the pilot training school.
Each aircraft makes multiple touch-and-go landings during these training events.
The long runway makes the facility well-suited for touch-and-go landing practice maneuvers.
It was used to help train medium bomber and transport pilots, who used it for emergencies on it or practiced touch-and-go landings.
There was no public access to the airfield by land and it served as a remote area for touch-and-go training.
The pilot then turns on the last leg, the final approach at which time clearance to land or for a touch-and-go must be received.
He was performing touch-and-go landings, and on one touchdown the fuselage buckled.
It was primarily used for touch-and-go flying.
The base was closed at the end of 1969, although the military still intermittently uses the airport for training purposes, such as touch-and-go landings of tankers and cargo aircraft.
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Translations of touch-and-go
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अनिश्चित, एखादी परिस्थिती अनिश्चित असणे.…
ఒక పరిస్థితి అనిశ్చితం అయితే, అది అనిశ్చితంగా ఉంటుంది.…
ஒரு சூழ்நிலை தொட்டுச் செல்லுமானால், அது நிச்சயமற்றது.…
(परिस्तिथि) अनिश्चित…
অনিশ্চিত…
અનિશ્ચિત, જોખમી, નાજુક…
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