wing it
idiom
informal
: to do or try to do something without much practice or preparation
I hadn't practiced the part, so I got up there and winged it.
Examples of wing it in a Sentence
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The show would end, incidentally, with another famous Oscars moment: The awards were given out with 20 minutes left to broadcast, leaving the Academy to wing it.
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Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Wealthy People Have Budgets Too Here's a fun fact - wealthy people don't just wing it with their money!
—Lien De Pau, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
After an evening briefing about the Los Angeles fires, the Trumps planned to wing it to Las Vegas for an overnighter at the Trump International Hotel.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 24 Jan. 2025
Choose this one in burgundy and wing it for a more dramatic and arresting look.
—Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
Research shows that, given the same income, people who commit to a financial plan save twice as much money as those who just wing it.
—Becky Batcha and Hiranmayi Srinivasan, Parents, 29 Mar. 2024
Popeyes wants to wing it in a TV venue typically reserved for selling pizza and beer.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
Despite all my reading and talking, my approach to tech has mainly been to wing it.
—Megan Angelo, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2023
Was very freeing to play loose, wing it, and see what happened.
—Daniel Kohn, Spin, 1 Sep. 2023
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Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Wealthy People Have Budgets Too Here's a fun fact - wealthy people don't just wing it with their money!
—Lien De Pau, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
After an evening briefing about the Los Angeles fires, the Trumps planned to wing it to Las Vegas for an overnighter at the Trump International Hotel.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 24 Jan. 2025
Choose this one in burgundy and wing it for a more dramatic and arresting look.
—Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
Research shows that, given the same income, people who commit to a financial plan save twice as much money as those who just wing it.
—Becky Batcha and Hiranmayi Srinivasan, Parents, 29 Mar. 2024
Popeyes wants to wing it in a TV venue typically reserved for selling pizza and beer.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
Despite all my reading and talking, my approach to tech has mainly been to wing it.
—Megan Angelo, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2023
Was very freeing to play loose, wing it, and see what happened.
—Daniel Kohn, Spin, 1 Sep. 2023
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“Wing it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wing%20it. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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