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change something on the fly
change something during an event
To change something on the fly means to change it while it is happening, without having planned the change in advance.
Hear it in real life
Did you plan that new seating arrangement?
No, we changed it on the fly.
The speaker changed the order of the slides on the fly when the audience asked a question.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We changed the plan on ‸ fly.
Say: We changed the plan on the fly.
Keep the article in the fixed expression "on the fly."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
change something on the fly; changed something on the fly
Your turn: say it out loud
The speaker changed the order of the slides on the fly when the audience asked a question.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
change something on the fly
change something during an event
“The speaker changed the order of the slides on the fly when the audience asked a question.”
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