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touched and gone

touched and gone is the past participle of touch and go.

Meaning of touch and go

Verb

touch and go (third-person singular simple present touches and goes, present participle touching and going, simple past touched and went, past participle touched and gone)

  1. (obsolete) To briefly encounter before moving on.
    • As the text doth rise, I will touch and go a little in euery place, untill I come unto too much.1607, Hugh Latimer, “The first Sermon preached by M. Latimer before King Edward”, in Fruitfull Sermons Preached by the right Reuerend Father, and constant Martyr of Iesus Christ, M. Hugh Latimer...
  2. To touch bottom lightly and continue without damage, as a vessel in motion.
    • Whilst they were disputing the vessel touched the ground, but soon got off again.
      "Ay," says the captain, "he is a good pilot that can touch and go."1771, Francis Fleming, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures, the Perils and Critical Escapes, of Timothy Ginnadrake, that Child of checquer'd Fortune, volume 2, page 29
  3. To perform a touch-and-go landing.

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Questions about touched and gone

What is touched and gone the past participle of?
Touched and gone is the past participle of touch and go.

Words near touched and gone in the dictionary

  1. touchdown passes
  2. touchdowns
  3. touche
  4. touched
  5. touched a nerve
  6. touched and gone
  7. touched and went
  8. touched base
  9. touched bottom
  10. touched cloth
  11. touched down

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