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on the wing
In flight, usually referring to a bird as opposed to a plane. For example, Louise is very good at identifying birds on the wing . [Late 1400s]
Active, in motion, as in Coaches are always on the wing, trying to recruit talented athletes . This usage may be obsolescent. [c. 1500]
Example Sentences
Jazzy Davidson, the No. 3 overall high school prospect in the 2025 graduating class, will give the Trojans another promising young option on the wing.
"Once we put him on the wing, he felt a bit more freedom in the first touches and he can work his way into his dynamic movements," said Tuchel.
Other passengers, as now viral images of huddled people standing on the wing of a smoking plane show, did not have as straightforward an escape.
Footage of the evacuation showed passengers huddled on the wing of the Boeing airliner, some holding bags, with flames burning near the bottom of the plane.
Roberts, 24, has made 32 starts at centre for Scarlets, although he has made the odd replacement appearance on the wing.
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