play it by ear (verb) play it by ear: take a situation as it comes
Sinonime: back down, be casualty, be destroyed, be killed, be lost, be taken,
bend,
capitulate, defer to,
die, drop, eat dirt, fall to pieces,
give in,
give up, give way, go down, go under, lie down,
obey, pass into enemy hands, perish,
resign,
slump,
submit, succumb,
yieldAntonime: advance,
attain,
overcome,
overthrow,
reach,
win