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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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     [ "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. 

     [ "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 

     [ "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. 

     [ "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

     [ "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. 

     [ "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" 

     [ "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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