Thesaurus / touch-and-go
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The Goliath wouldn't answer; the Dublin said the force was coming off, and we could not get into touch with the soldiers at all.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONWhen the women came, he was preparing to go to the west side for his daily visit with Mrs. Pruitt.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXWere you ever arrested, having in your custody another man's cash, and would rather go to gaol, than break it?
THE LIFE AND MOST SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER (1801)DANIEL DEFOEHe desired his secretary to go to the devil, but, thinking better of it, he recalled him as he reached the door.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIAll Weimar adores him, and people say that women still go perfectly crazy over him.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYTo see a part of my scheme, from which I had hoped so much, go wrong before my eyes is maddening!
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONHe made me think of an old time magician more than anything, and I felt that with a touch of his wand he could transform us all.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYIt was like his beautiful courtesy to call me in and introduce me to Blow instead of letting me go away.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYHe thought they were now in touch with our troops at "X" but that they had been through some hard fighting to get there.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONThanks to Berthier's admirable system, Bonaparte was kept in touch with every part of his command.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONWORDS RELATED TO TOUCH-AND-GO
- chancy
- delicate
- dicey
- endangered
- fraught with danger
- going for broke
- hairy
- hanging by a thread
- hazardous
- iffy
- insecure
- jeopardous
- long shot
- not a prayer
- off the deep end
- on slippery ground
- on thin ice
- on-the-spot
- out on a limb
- perilous
- playing with fire
- precarious
- rocky
- sensitive
- speculative
- ticklish
- touch-and-go
- touchy
- treacherous
- tricky
- uncertain
- unhealthy
- unsafe
- unsound
- venturesome
- wicked
- wide-open
- ambiguous
- borderline
- chancy
- clouded
- contingent
- debatable
- dicey
- disreputable
- doubtable
- dubious
- dubitable
- equivocal
- far-fetched
- fat chance
- fishy
- hazardous
- hazy
- iffy
- improbable
- impugnable
- inconclusive
- indecisive
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- indistinct
- insecure
- long shot
- obscure
- on thin ice
- open
- pending
- precarious
- problematic
- questionable
- shady
- sneaky
- speculative
- suspect
- suspicious
- touch-and-go
- touchy
- uncertain
- unconfirmed
- undecided
- uneasy
- unlikely
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsure
- up for grabs
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