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seat-of-the-pants

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Based on or using intuition and experience rather than a plan or method.
  • adjective Performed without using instruments.

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  • adjective idiomatic Done by feel, guess, or trial and error rather than by careful planning, thought or technique.

Etymologies

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From seat + of + the + pants.

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