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wing it

VERB
improvise
Synonyms
WEAK
ad-lib concoct devise do off the top of your head do offhand fake it improv invent make do make up play it by ear speak off the cuff throw together

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While Darcy Graham's dancing feet threaten on one wing, it was Duhan van der Merwe's power that shrugged off Ellis Mee on the other, creating space for Huw Jones on the outside.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2025

"I'm going to try to get as ready as I can. You can't just wing it."

From Reuters • Oct. 13, 2023

“You can say you’re just gonna wing it, but who really just wings it?”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2023

Francis said last week there just wasn’t time to completely round out the staff — remember, Hakstol was only hired three months before 2021 training camp — and they’d tried unsuccessfully to wing it.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2023

“Thanks to your help. Without the lion's wing it would have been just a merry-go-round, but now...”

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke