How to pronounce “walk a tightrope”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (figuratively) To undertake a precarious course of action.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

walk it out, scout troop, school trip, secretory, solitary, sakamoto, solitario, solitaire, solidary, solitaires