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seat-of-the-pantsadjective
Done by feel, guess, or trial and error rather than by careful planning, thought or technique.
Etymology: From seat + of + the + pants.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of seat-of-the-pants in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of seat-of-the-pants in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of seat-of-the-pants in a Sentence
I'm not one of these guys who's going to give, on something as serious and important as foreign policy, a seat-of-the-pants answer, when I have an informed opinion, I'll give it, and when I don't ... I say 'I don't know.' I think 'I don't know' is a pretty powerful answer in politics.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
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