- 1[transitive, intransitive] wing (its way) + adv./prep. (literary) to fly somewhere A solitary seagull winged its way across the bay.
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go quickly - 2[transitive] wing its way + adv./prep. to be sent somewhere very quickly An application form will be winging its way to you soon. Idioms
wing
verbNAmE//wɪŋ//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they wing he / she / it wings
past simple winged
-ing form winging
to do something without planning or preparing it first synonym improvise I didn't know I'd have to make a speech—I just had to wing it.
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