"wing it" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "winging it",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "winged it",
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        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "text": "I don't know their system, but I think I can wing it.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I didn't study for today's test, so I'll have to wing it.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 January 20, Annie Zaleski, “AFI sounds refreshed and rejuvenated on its 10th album, AFI (The Blood Album)”, in The Onion AV Club:",
          "text": "Plus, early in a career, bands are typically winging it from a creative standpoint; after awhile, acts figure out what they’re doing right (or wrong), and are more deliberate about songcraft and execution.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 June 2, Rowena Mason, “Keir Starmer: 'Boris Johnson has to get a grip and restore public confidence'”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "“My [worry] is that after a week or more of mismanagement, I’m deeply concerned the government has made a difficult situation 10 times worse ... There is a growing concern the government is now winging it,” he said.",
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        "To improvise; to make things up or figure things out as one goes; to perform with little or no preparation."
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        "(informal) To improvise; to make things up or figure things out as one goes; to perform with little or no preparation."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "fly by the seat of one's pants"
        },
        {
          "word": "improvise"
        },
        {
          "word": "make it up as one goes along"
        },
        {
          "word": "play by ear"
        }
      ],
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        "informal"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "chansear"
        }
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  "word": "wing it"
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "winged it",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "winged it",
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        "past"
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          "text": "I don't know their system, but I think I can wing it.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "I didn't study for today's test, so I'll have to wing it.",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "ref": "2017 January 20, Annie Zaleski, “AFI sounds refreshed and rejuvenated on its 10th album, AFI (The Blood Album)”, in The Onion AV Club:",
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 June 2, Rowena Mason, “Keir Starmer: 'Boris Johnson has to get a grip and restore public confidence'”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "“My [worry] is that after a week or more of mismanagement, I’m deeply concerned the government has made a difficult situation 10 times worse ... There is a growing concern the government is now winging it,” he said.",
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      ],
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        "(informal) To improvise; to make things up or figure things out as one goes; to perform with little or no preparation."
      ],
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        "informal"
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      "word": "fly by the seat of one's pants"
    },
    {
      "word": "improvise"
    },
    {
      "word": "make it up as one goes along"
    },
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      "word": "play by ear"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "chansear"
    }
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  "word": "wing it"
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