wing it
Example Sentences
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Sometimes, to build capacity or save lives, a relief organization simply has to wing it.
From Salon • Aug. 16, 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
The eagle said nothing, but with a twitch of a wing it began to descend to a green meadow from which a fire’s smoke rose.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
