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Wing It(money)
WING ON CO(finance)
sea wing(medicine)
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Lee Wing Wah(tourism)

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wing verb. LME.
[from the noun.]
I.
verb intrans. Use the wings, take flight, fly; fig. pass swiftly, speed. Also (of an aircraft), fly; (of a passenger) travel by aircraft. LME.
C. Sagan A single bit of radio information, sent winging across space to earth. Time As Air Force One winged toward Washington. Times The Prince..flies back from Monaco..to wing off within hours for Papua New Guinea. M. Wesley A flight of herring gulls winging out to sea.
verb trans. Carve (a quail or partridge). L15-E19.
verb trans. Put wings on, provide with wings for flying; fig. enable to fly or soar; give swiftness to; hasten. L16.
Lytton The Convent was at some distance, but..fear would wing her steps.
verb trans. Fly through, on, or across; traverse (as) on wings; make (one's way) thus. E17.
Fast Forward Another chance to wing your way overseas to..Hollywood!
verb trans. Convey (as) by means of wings; carry through the air as if flying, waft. E17.
C. Egleton The VC 10 winged him back to Heathrow.
verb trans. Send (as) in flight, let fly (a missile etc.); send off swiftly. E18.
G. Meredith The desire to wing a telegram to her.
b. Cause to sail through the air; throw, fling; lob. N. Amer. colloq. L20.
verb trans. Shoot (a bird) in the wing, so as to prevent flight without causing death; transf. wound (a person) superficially, esp. in the arm or shoulder; disable by a shot. Also, pull off the wings of (an insect). E19.
L. Armstrong Slippers was a fast man on the draw. He winged the guy in the leg.
II.
verb trans.
a. Reinforce (an army etc.) with additional troops on the wings; (of reinforcements) form the wings of. L16-L17.
b. Provide (a building) with wings; fit with lateral parts or projections. L17.
Nautical.
a. verb trans. Carry up (ballast) in the wings of a ship. L18.
b. verb intrans. Foll. by out: set a sail on a boom projecting sideways when a ship is sailing before the wind. Cf. wing-and-wing s.v. WING noun. M19.
verb intrans. & trans. (with it). Study (a part) in or near the wings of a stage, having undertaken the role at short notice. Now esp. (orig. & chiefly N. Amer.), improvise; speak or act without preparation. slang (orig. Theatrical). L19.
Globe & Mail (Toronto) Mr. Trudeau came without notes, choosing to wing it.