Idiom: Play It by Ear

to improvise

Examples

• We'll play it by ear.

Key rules

• Play it by ear means improvise and decide things as they happen
• It is informal and used for plans
• It is often used with "we'll" or "let's"
• The phrase uses "by ear", without "the"

Common mistakes

• We'll play it by the ear → We'll play it by ear