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decide on one's actions as one goes along, depending on the situation
She didn't know what to expect from her new job, so she played it by ear
How To Use play it by ear In A Sentence
- I don't know how long I'll continue touring with the band. We've always said we'll just play it by ear.
- I don't know how long I'll continue touring with the band. We've always said we'll just play it by ear.
- Just before curtain-up on the first night, with 2,000 people awaiting the start of the show in a specially erected auditorium in the Museum Gardens, Herod, a humorous head of English at a private school, said, "I might vary a bit from the script but let's just play it by ear and have fun, eh? The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
- I don't know what they'll want when they arrive-we'll have to play it by ear.
- I've had no time to prepare for this meeting, so I'll have to play it by ear.
- I don't know how long I'll continue touring with the band. We've always said we'll just play it by ear.
- Let's play it by ear.
- We'll see what the weather's like and play it by ear .
- I'm not sure how many people are expected-we'll just have to play it by ear.
- I've had no time to prepare for this meeting, so I'll have to play it by ear.
