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When you work something out as you go, without having a plan or pattern to follow: “I didn’t have anything to go by, so I just did it ________.”

PLAYED IT BY EAR	153
HIT OR MISS	87
BY EAR	78
BY GUESS	75
BY GUESS AND BY GOSH	59
OUT OF MY HEAD	58
ON MY OWN	56
BY TRIAL AND ERROR	46
AS I WENT ALONG	28
BY HOOK AND BY CROOK	27
BY GUESS AND BY GOD	26
AS IT CAME	24
BY GUESS AND BY GOLLY	23
NR	23
OFFHAND	20
HELTER-SKELTER	16
BEST I COULD	15
BY GUESSWORK	14
HAPHAZARDLY	14
FROM SCRATCH	13
HIT AND MISS	12
PIECEMEAL	12
AS I WENT	11
HAPHAZARD	11
MY OWN WAY	10
MY WAY	10
STEP BY STEP	10
BY HOOK OR CROOK	9
FOLLOWED MY NOSE	8
BY INSTINCT	7
BY RULE OF THUMB	7
IN MY HEAD	7
AS BEST I COULD	6
BY GUESS AND BY GORRY	6
FELT MY WAY	6
AS IT CAME TO ME	5
BY HOOK OR BY CROOK	5
OFF THE CUFF	5
PIECE BY PIECE	5
AS IT CAME ALONG	4
AS IT COME TO ME	4
AUTOMATICALLY	4
BY GUESS WORK	4
BY HOOK AND CROOK	4
FREEHAND	4
NATURALLY	4
OFFHANDED	4
TOOK IT AS IT CAME	4
WILLY-NILLY	4
ANY OLD WAY	3
AT RANDOM	3
BEST WAY I COULD	3
BLINDLY	3
BY CHANCE	3
BY FEEL	3
BY HAND	3
BY MYSELF	3
BY RANDOM	3
BY THE ROCK OF MY EYE	3
FIGURED IT OUT	3
LITTLE BY LITTLE	3
OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD	3
ON MY OWN HOOK	3
PIECE AT A TIME	3
SPONTANEOUSLY	3
AD LIB	2
AS I CAME TO IT	2
AS I SAW FIT	2
AS I THOUGHT BEST	2
BEST I KNEW HOW	2
BIT BY BIT	2
BY EYE	2
BY GUESS AND BY GODFREY	2
BY GUESS AND GOLLY	2
BY GUESSING	2
BY HEART	2
BY HIT AND MISS	2
BY HIT OR MISS	2
BY IMAGINATION	2
BY ROTE	2
BY SIGHT	2
BY THE SEAT OF MY PANTS	2
CATCH AS CATCH CAN	2
FROM MY HEAD	2
GUESSED AT IT	2
HODGEPODGE	2
LET IT GO	2
MADE IT UP	2
MAKESHIFT	2
MYSELF	2
ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT	2
OUT OF MY MIND	2
OUT OF MY OWN HEAD	2
RULE OF THUMB	2
STEP AT A TIME	2
TRIAL AND ERROR	2
WAY I THOUGHT	2
ACCORDING TO HOYLE	1
AS BEST AS I COULD	1
AS I COME BY IT	1
AS I COULD	1
AS I GOT TO IT	1
AS I SAW BEST	1
AS I SAW IT	1
AS IS	1
AS IT COME	1
AS THE SPIRIT MOVED ME	1
AS THE SPIRIT STRUCK ME	1
AS WELL AS I KNEW HOW	1
BEST I COULD ON MY OWN	1
BEST WAY I KNEW HOW	1
BIT AT A TIME	1
BIT BY PIECE	1
BLIND	1
BY BLINDSIGHT	1
BY DEAD RECKONING	1
BY ERROR	1
BY FEELING	1
BY FRANDOM	1
BY GOD AND BY GUESS	1
BY GROPING MY WAY	1
BY GUESS AND BY DAMNED	1
BY GUESS AND BY GAR	1
BY GUESS AND BY GRACIOUS	1
BY GUESS AND BY GUY	1
BY GUESS AND BY JINGO	1
BY GUESS AND WITH GOD	1
BY GUESS OR BY GOSH	1
BY HEAD	1
BY HUNCH	1
BY INTUITION	1
BY INVITATION	1
BY JIP AND BY JIMINY	1
BY JUDGMENT	1
BY MEMORY	1
BY MERANDERING	1
BY MY EAR	1
BY MY HEAD	1
BY MY JUDGMENT	1
BY MY OWN HEAD	1
BY MY OWN JUDGMENT	1
BY MY THOUGHTS	1
BY PIECEMEAL	1
BY PRESUME	1
BY SLEIGHT OF HAND	1
BY STEPS	1
BY THE EYE	1
BY THE HELP OF THE LORD	1
BY THE RULE OF THUMB	1
BY THUMB’S RULE	1
BY TOUCH	1
CREATED MY OWN PLAN	1
CROSSED THE BRIDGE WHEN I COME TO IT	1
CUT AND TRY	1
DID MY OWN THING	1
DID ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT	1
DID WHAT MY MIND TOLD ME	1
DONE IT	1
DONE IT BY GUESS	1
DREAMED IT UP	1
FOLLOW MY NOSE	1
FROM HAND TO MOUTH	1
FROM MEMORY	1
FROM MY MIND	1
FROM THE RACK OF MY MIND	1
FROM THE TOP OF MY HEAD	1
“GO AS FAR AS I CAN, THEN PLAY IT BY EAR”	1
GUESS	1
GUESSED UP ON IT	1
GUESSING AS I GO ALONG	1
GUESSWORK	1
HAD TO JUST GUESS ON IT	1
HALF-ASSED	1
HAND TO MOUTH	1
HARD WAY	1
IN A HAPHAZARD MANNER	1
IN A HAPHAZARD WAY	1
IN MY GOOD OLD TIME	1
IN MY MIND	1
IN MY OWN IMAGINATION	1
IN MY OWN MIND	1
JACKLEG	1
LET NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE	1
LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY WILL	1
LIKE THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT	1
LITTLE AT A TIME	1
MADE IT UP ALL MYSELF	1
MADE IT UP AS I WENT	1
MADE IT UP AS I WENT ALONG	1
MATTER OF FORM	1
MY OWN JUDGMENT	1
MY OWN MIND	1
NOT HAPHAZARD	1
OFF MY HEAD	1
OFF MY SHOULDER	1
OFF ROUGH GUESS	1
ON A HUNCH	1
ON MY OWN ACCORD	1
OUT OF THE TOP OF MY HEAD	1
OUT THE BLUE	1
PIECED IT TOGETHER	1
PLANNED IT AS I WENT	1
PLAYED CARDS WITH IT	1
PRETTY WELL AT THAT	1
PSYCHED IT	1
PULLED IT OUT OF MY HEAD	1
ROUGH AND TUMBLE	1
SCRIBE-RULE	1
SHIPSHOD	1
SIGHT UNSEEN	1
SIMPLEST WAY	1
SKIPPING FROM HERE TO THERE	1
SLAP-DASH	1
TAKE IT AS IT CAME	1
THROUGH MY HEAD	1
TOOK IT AS IT COME	1
TOOK IT IN STRIDE	1
TOOK IT OUT OF MY HEAD	1
TOOK POTLUCK	1
TOOK THINGS AS THEY CAME	1
USED MY HEAD	1
USED MY OWN HEAD	1
VOLUNTARILY	1
WAY I PLEASED	1
WAY I THOUGHT IT OUGHTA BEEN DONE	1
WAY I THOUGHT IT WAS RIGHT	1
WAY I THOUGHT WAS RIGHT TO DO IT	1
WAY IT CAME TO ME	1
WAY IT COMES TO MY HEAD	1
WENT ACCORDING TO FORM	1
WENT ALONG AS I COULD	1
WENT IT BLIND	1
WHIPPED IT UP	1
WILLY-WILLY	1
WINGED IT	1
WITH A WING AND A PRAYER	1
WITH MY HEAD	1
WITHIN MYSELF	1
WITHOUT THINKING	1
WORKED IN THE DARK	1
WORKED IT OUT	1
WORKED OUT	1

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