tightrope
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See also: tight-rope and tight rope
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tightrope (plural tightropes)
- A tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground.
- (figuratively) a difficult or desperate situation.
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tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground
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tightrope (third-person singular simple present tightropes, present participle tightroping, simple past and past participle tightroped)
- To walk on a tightrope