seat-of-the-pants
(chiefly, US, idiomatic) Done by feel, guess, or trial and error rather than by careful planning, thought or technique.
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(chiefly, US, idiomatic) Done by feel, guess, or trial and error rather than by careful planning, thought or technique.
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