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is winging

  • present progressive
    of wing (3rd person singular).
    wing
    noun
    either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.

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When ask when he’s supposed to move, Johnson said he is winging it.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 30, 2021

University of Michigan management expert Erik Gordon told the Times the “flip-flop” strategy from Tesla “makes it seem like Musk is winging it and the board is letting him wing it.”

From Washington Post Mar. 7, 2019

Yet if it's terrifying to feel like the only fraud in your field or organisation, it's equally terrifying to confront the truth that everyone is winging it.

From BBC Apr. 24, 2016

On most evenings the show’s best moments occur when Colbert is winging it with a guest.

From New York Times Jan. 4, 2012

"Give me instead," he cried, "give me a warm breast-feather from that grey dove of the woods that is winging home to her young."

From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Macleod, Fiona