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What does walk a tightrope mean?

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Verb
  1. (figuratively) To undertake a precarious course of action.
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The growing rift between the two partners forced Bonn to walk a tightrope in its foreign relations.
To write without thinking is to walk a tightrope with no net.
You can watch a non-stop procession of leaf-cutter ants who walk a tightrope above your head on a tireless mission to get leaves.
He has to walk a tightrope, not just one, but many, strung between all the many factions of this deeply divided nation.
It is a difficult balancing act, but, at the moment, Canadian politicians barely stand on two feet, let alone walk a tightrope of any kind.
Whether they be painters, poets, dancers or playwrights, professional artists of all stripes walk a tightrope.

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