play it by ear
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
decide on one's actions as one goes along, depending on the situation
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Classifications
Cognitive
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Responsibility
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Automation
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Variants
- pasttense
- played it by ear
- presentparticiple
- playing it by ear
- thirdpersonsingular
- plays it by ear
- pastparticiple
- played it by ear