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[Adjective] | "seat-of-the-pants" | \ ˈsēt-əv-ṯẖə-ˈpan(t)s \
1: employing or based on personal experience, judgment, and effort rather than technological aids or formal theory
Origin: 1942 ;
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# 1 - { seat-of-the-pants:14502093 }
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[ "seat-of-the-pants" ]
1: adjective. Informal. Based on or using intuition and experience rather than a plan or method. Performed without using instruments: a seat-of-the-pants landing of the aircraft.
Verb: using or relying on intuition and experience rather than instruments, technology, or a predetermined man
* e.g., ... a seat-of-the-pants landing of the aircraft.
The young owners of the start up company were running their business by the seat-of-their-pants because they lacked previous experience.
# 2 - { seat-of-the-pants:3591408 }
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[ "seat-of-the-pants" ]
1: Based on or using intuition and experience rather than a plan or method, improvised;Performed without using instruments
* e.g., ... He had become used to seat-of-the-pants solutions in response to unexpected problems
# 3 - { flying by the seat of your pants:12712425 }
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[ "flying by the seat of your pants" ]
1: When you don't prepare for anything or tell anybody anything until the last minute.
* e.g., ... John: I didn't start getting ready for our 8:00 flight until 7:30.
# 4 - { fly by the seat of your pants:1727665 }
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[ "fly by the seat of your pants" ]
1: to pilot a plane by feel and instinct rather than by instruments
* e.g., ... It's during a time like that that you must fly by the seat of your pants.
[ "fly by the seat of your pants" ]
2: to proceed or work by feel or instinct without formal guidelines or experience
# 5 - { Fly by the seat of my pants:6022730 }
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[ "Fly by the seat of my pants" ]
1: Idiomatic expression used when you want to mean that things are not planned/ organized / expected.
* e.g., ... I don't know yet what i'll be doing during my holidays in Europe: Restaurants in Paris, shops in Milan, beers in Berlin ...i think i'll let myself fly by the seat of my pants.
# 6 - { fly by the seat of your pants:2391985 }
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[ "fly by the seat of your pants" ]
1: Act according to one's own desires or beliefs without regard for standards for social behavior, logical sensibility, or the approval of others.
* e.g., ... "I apologize for my friend's uncouth behavior, he tends to fly by the seat of his pants"
[ "fly by the seat of your pants" ]
2: Generally regarded as negative, irresponsible
* e.g., ... "Don't fly by the seat of your pants; make real plans for your future"
# 7 - { Fall by the seat of your pants:17948265 }
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[ "Fall by the seat of your pants" ]
1: Try to fly by the seat of your pants but end up doing basically nothing because you're unable to decide what to do on the fly.
* e.g., ... Do you ever fall by the seat of your pants? Like sometimes I try to fly by the seat of my pants, but I just can't decide what to do so I end up just using reddit all day.
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