build the plane while flying it (English, verb)
expansion: build the plane while flying it (third-person singular simple present builds the plane while flying it, present participle building the plane while flying it, simple past and past participle built the plane while flying it)
Senses:
glosses: To develop one's approach or strategy to a project while carrying out that project, and not beforehand.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: builds the plane while flying it
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: building the plane while flying it
tags: participle
present
form: built the plane while flying it
tags: participle
past
form: built the plane while flying it
tags: past
form: build the plane while flying
tags: alternative