Complete Definition of "play it by ear"

English
Verb
play it by ear, play (something) by ear
#to play a song according to how it sounds, rather than from a written score
#idiom to do something by guessing, intuition, or trial and error; to react to events as they occur
#:If they ask for something we didn't prepare, we will have to play it by ear.

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