seat-of-the-pants

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seat-of-the-pants

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From seat + of + the + pants.

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  1. US, idiomatic, not comparable Done by feel, guess, or trial and error rather than by careful planning, thought or technique. The new pension-fund managers are an eclectic group, displaying a spectrum of styles and strategies. Some rely chiefly on computers and charts, while others are more likely to trust their seat-of-the-pants judgment.

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@misc{seat_of_the_pants_2026,
  title = {seat-of-the-pants},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seat-of-the-pants},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}