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change the rules on the fly
change something while it is happening
To change the way something works while it is already happening, without planning the change beforehand.
Hear it in real life
Did you prepare a new schedule?
No, I changed the rules on the fly.
We had to change the rules on the fly when the weather turned bad.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: change the rules in the fly
Say: change the rules on the fly
The fixed expression uses the preposition “on.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
change the rules on the fly; changed the plan on the fly
Your turn: say it out loud
We had to change the rules on the fly when the weather turned bad.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
change the rules on the fly
change something while it is happening
“We had to change the rules on the fly when the weather turned bad.”
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