wing it

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to do sth without planning or preparing it first

   I understand. Too risky. We'll just have to wing it, I suppose.

   I'm not even sure about the dosage, but what do you say we wing it, huh?

In the movies · 5

• I'm not even sure about the dosage, but what do you say we wing it, huh?My Fellow Americans1996
• I understand. Too risky. We'll just have to wing it, I suppose.The Grand Budapest Hotel2014
• We'll wing it.The Lego Movie2014
• I'm gonna wing it. I'll wing it.Begin Again2013
• We're not cowboys. We can't just wing it.Vanilla Sky2001
• We can't "wing it." We need a new plan.Mulan II2004
• Right wing, Kenyon. Wing!Coach Carter2005
• She's on the wing!Black Widow2021

Learn it in full scenes

• My Fellow Americans1996
  • Golf Talk Turns Awkward
  • The Missing Appointment Log
  • Tanner Summons the Presidents
• The Lego Movie2014
  • Emmet Follows the Instructions
  • Emmet's Morning Routine in Bricksburg
  • Emmet Touches the Piece of Resistance

From the same entry

• get your wings
• in the wings
• on a wing and a prayer
• on the wing
• take under your wing
• take wing
• clip wings
• spread your wings

More idioms

• below the radar
• get a foot in the door
• step into shoes
• waste your breath
• at sea
• right on
• nice work
• make do
• a level playing field
• a shoulder to cry on
• a thorn in flesh
• a walk of life