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touching and going

touching and going is the present participle and gerund 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 touching and going

What is touching and going the present participle and gerund of?
Touching and going is the present participle and gerund of touch and go.

Words near touching and going in the dictionary

  1. touchin'
  2. touchiness
  3. touchinesses
  4. touching
  5. touching a nerve
  6. touching and going
  7. touching ball
  8. touching balls
  9. touching base
  10. touching bottom
  11. touching cloth

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