Usually means: Improvise instead of following plan.
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  1. play it by ear: Merriam-Webster
  2. play it by ear, play it by ear: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. play it by ear: Vocabulary.com
  4. play it by ear: Dictionary.com
  5. play it by ear: Rhymezone
  6. play it by ear: FreeDictionary.org
  7. play it by ear: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. play it by ear: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. Play it by ear: World Wide Words

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  1. play it by ear: Idioms

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▸ verb:  decide on one's actions as one goes along, depending on the situation


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