"touch-and-go" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more touch-and-go [comparative], most touch-and-go [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} touch-and-go (comparative more touch-and-go, superlative most touch-and-go)
  1. Alternative form of touch and go Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: touch and go
    Sense id: en-touch-and-go-en-adj-gFHuArp6 Categories (other): English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 48 52

Noun

Forms: touch-and-gos [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} touch-and-go (plural touch-and-gos)
  1. Ellipsis of touch-and-go landing. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: touch-and-go landing
    Sense id: en-touch-and-go-en-noun-9JaxJeZA Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 83

Inflected forms

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