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

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "makes it up as one goes along",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "making it up as one goes along",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made it up as one went along",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made it up as one has gone along",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "make<,,made> it up as one goes<goes,goes,went,has gone> along"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This game makes no sense! It's as if you're making it up as you go along!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To improvise continuously."
      ],
      "id": "en-make_it_up_as_one_goes_along-en-verb-tF1D1Qyv",
      "links": [
        [
          "improvise",
          "improvise"
        ],
        [
          "continuously",
          "continuously"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To improvise continuously."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "think on one's feet"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fly by the seat of one's pants"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to improvise continuously",
          "word": "ir inventando na hora"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-make it up as one goes along.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b2/En-au-make_it_up_as_one_goes_along.ogg/En-au-make_it_up_as_one_goes_along.ogg.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "make it up as one goes along"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "makes it up as one goes along",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "making it up as one goes along",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made it up as one went along",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made it up as one has gone along",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "make<,,made> it up as one goes<goes,goes,went,has gone> along"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "think on one's feet"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This game makes no sense! It's as if you're making it up as you go along!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To improvise continuously."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "improvise",
          "improvise"
        ],
        [
          "continuously",
          "continuously"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To improvise continuously."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b2/En-au-make_it_up_as_one_goes_along.ogg/En-au-make_it_up_as_one_goes_along.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/En-au-make_it_up_as_one_goes_along.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fly by the seat of one's pants"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to improvise continuously",
      "word": "ir inventando na hora"
    }
  ],
  "word": "make it up as one goes along"
}