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play it by ear

verbid 16438·updated Jun 3, 2026
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decide on one's actions as one goes along, depending on the situation

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Cognitive

Apply72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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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

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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decide on one's actions as one goes along, depending on the situation
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
decide on one's actions as one goes along, depending on the situation
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