"make it up as one goes along" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-make it up as one goes along.ogg Forms: makes it up as one goes along [present, singular, third-person], making it up as one goes along [participle, present], made it up as one went along [past], made it up as one has gone along [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> it up as one goes<goes,goes,went,has gone> along}} make it up as one goes along (third-person singular simple present makes it up as one goes along, present participle making it up as one goes along, simple past made it up as one went along, past participle made it up as one has gone along)
  1. (idiomatic) To improvise continuously. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: fly by the seat of one's pants Related terms: think on one's feet Translations (to improvise continuously): ir inventando na hora (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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