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touch cloth
(intransitive, slang) To be just on the point of soiling oneself.
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touch wood
(UK, Australia, South Africa, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, India) To make contact with wood to avert bad luck, in accordance with a folk practice.
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touch wood
(idiomatic, UK, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, India) Hopefully; said while touching something wooden, to avert superstitious bad luck from what has just been said.
touch-tone
Relating to a type of telephone with buttons, each of which produces a tone which corresponds to the relevant digit.
touch-tone
A telephone with buttons that produce tones, one for each digit. / A tone produced by such a telephone.
touch off
(idiomatic) To start; to cause, especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed.
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Midas touch
touch hole
A small hole through which the propellant charge of a cannon or muzzleloading gun is ignited.
touch and go
Precarious, delicate, risky, sensitive; of uncertain outcome (by analogy with a ship in shallow water).
touch and go
(aviation) To perform a touch-and-go landing. / (nautical) To touch bottom lightly and without damage, as a vessel in motion.
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