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was winging
  • past progressive of wing.

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During Saturday's conference, Mr Ross highlighted the first minister's WhatsApp messages revealed by the UK Covid inquiry, in which he said he was "winging it".

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2024

“I was winging it,” she said of her early years in teaching.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2023

But her choreographed precision only highlighted how much her husband was winging it.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2021

We look back now and it seems like Sega had preternatural confidence in its vision but in fact, as is often the case in the games industry, it was winging it.

From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2019

It was December 7, 1937, and Red Pollard was winging around the far turn at Tanforan.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand