on the fly

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on + the + fly

[edit] Adverb

on the fly (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Spontaneously or extemporaneously; done as one goes, or during another activity.
    The software program has a table of values for some results, but calculates others on the fly.

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spontaneously or extemporaneously
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