Communication
make it up as you go along
act without a plan
To make something up as you go along means to decide what to do while you are doing it instead of planning it first.
Hear it in real life
Did you follow a recipe for this soup?
No, I just made it up as I went along.
I had no plan for the presentation, so I made it up as I went along.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I made up as I went along the speech.
Say: I made the speech up as I went along.
When “make up” has an object, place it between “make” and “up,” or after “up” if it is a pronoun.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
make it up as you go along; made it up as I went along
Your turn: say it out loud
I had no plan for the presentation, so I made it up as I went along.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
make it up as you go along
act without a plan
“I had no plan for the presentation, so I made it up as I went along.”
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