wing it

Example Sentences

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I don’t wing it and hope everything will turn out OK anymore.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025

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

"The physics tells us that to get a more fuel-efficient wing it needs to be longer and more slender. That means we need to increase the span of the wing," Partridge said.

From Reuters • Jul. 4, 2023

Liverpool may well opt to play Szoboszlai in midfield but since he spent last season on the right wing it is easier to compare his statistics to those of the Reds' forwards.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 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