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were winging
  • past progressive of wing.

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It sounds like you were winging it, basically.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2020

In fact, Dana admits, they were winging it.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2020

It was October 2008, and thousands of griffon vultures — along with other vulnerable raptors — were winging towards the Strait of Gibraltar and beyond to Africa.

From Nature • Jun. 20, 2012

Shackleford and Castanon were winging it up front behind Flashpoint, rolling through the half-mile in 46.87 seconds and stringing the field out behind them.

From New York Times • May 22, 2011

The gray ones were winging their way southward.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls