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  1. seat-of-the-pantsadjective

    Done by feel, guess, or trial and error rather than by careful planning, thought or technique.

  2. Etymology: From seat + of + the + pants.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of seat-of-the-pants in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of seat-of-the-pants in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of seat-of-the-pants in a Sentence

  1. Jersey Gov. Chris Christie:

    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.

  2. Walter Winchell:

    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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