Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. idiomatic To improvise; to make things up or figure things out as one goes; to perform with little or no preparation.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To perform an act, such as to give a speech, without the usual preparation. To improvise or ad-lib.
Examples
“To understand the layout of the Vatican Museum you have to think of a huge letter H, except that now with the new wing it has a double crosspiece with the great library between the two struts.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘wing it’.
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ffwordes
Words gleaned from the works of Jasper Fforde.
the big over easy, nursery crime div..., mary mary, dci friedland chymes, amazing crime sto..., the mystery of th..., the poisoned shoe, the sign of three..., inspector moose, detective inspect..., clear-up rate, sleuth illustrated and 796 more...
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phrases
ironic detachment, get one's leg over, run wild, mad as a box of f..., keep your chin up, baker's dozen, fire a shot in anger, have a field day, go over with a fi..., as the crow flies, leap of faith, learn one's lesson and 224 more...
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will be using quite often
doze, scowl, sullen, obnoxious, bait, euphoria, self-recrimination, peevish, exasperate, moronic, to and fro, tosh and 12 more...
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