Question 1

What does “by the seat of your pants” mean?

Accepted Answer

to act without careful thought and without a plan that you have made in advance, hoping that you will be lucky and be successful

Question 2

How is “by the seat of your pants” used?

Accepted Answer

In Game Change (2012), one line is: “Senator McCain is somewhat a fly-by-the-seat- of-his-pants type of guy, and it does occasionally create a little chaos in the campaign.”

Question 3

Which movie is “by the seat of your pants” from?

Accepted Answer

The clip at the top of this page is from Game Change (2012).