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tightrope walking
(redirected from High wire act)

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Tightrope Walking
See also acrobatics.

a person who performs aerial acrobatics, as a trapeze artist, tightrope walker, stunt flier, etc.
the art or skill of tightrope walking. — funambulist, n.
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Noun1.tightrope walking - walking on a tightrope or slack rope
athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition


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The aerial theme continues today and tomorrow when Above And Beyond give their amazing high wire act in the main arena.
The Fernandez family of Sudbury were first-time attendees of the Bolton Fair, and were impressed with the high wire act.
The Chelsea boss saw his normally watertight Blues fall apart at the back to turn their canter through to the next phase of the Champions League into a genuine high wire act.
 
 
 
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