touch-and-go

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Attributive form of touch and go

His touch-and-go condition was kept his wife at the hospital for days.

A landing on a runway immediately followed by a takeoff without an intervening full stop
it's touch-and-go used about a situation in which there is a serious risk that something bad could happen
tentative, unsure (situation)
precarious, delicate, dangerous, risky, sensitive or of uncertain outcome

His condition was touch and go for a time after the accident, but they think he will recover.