The move underscored the precarious hold he has on his job.

The Democratic party has a precarious hold on both houses of the Legislature.

At any moment, it seemed, she might loose her precarious hold on this material world and become all spirit.

I caught him with one hand, but it broke my own precarious hold.

But securing her cost him his precarious hold on the lip of the lock.

He got a precarious hold, pulled it toward him.

He seemed to have a precarious hold on his nerves now and she did not want to dislodge it.

Whatever precarious hold they had on life in the cellar came to an end when fresh air hit them.

He felt himself clinging to this new level, clutching at a precarious hold and peering about.

A precarious hold: the fine hair would slip through her fingers if she relied on it.