From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwing itwing itspokenPLAN to do something without planning or preparing it We’ll just have to wing it. → wing
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wing it• I don't have time to write a speech, so I'm just going to wing it.• I would have to wing it.• If you are asked a question that you're not ready for, it's better to say "I hadn't considered that" than to wing it and get it wrong.• Nat grabs it, whirls, and wings it in a single motion.• We have to wing it in the first game, but we'll be more prepared for the next one.• Really, I just wing it: no notes, no talking to witnesses.• I figure I can wing it on the details.• There's always a Zen part of my personality that wings it through life.• When I finally got up on to the wing it was dark. 