rush into
to do something without first thinking carefully about it
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To do something without preparation
fall into
to start doing something by chance
plunge in
to suddenly start doing something with energy and enthusiasm, but sometimes without thinking about it first
stumble into
to become involved in something by accident
improvise
verb
to do something without preparing it first, often because the situation does not allow you to prepare
happen to do something
to do something by chance
play it by ear
to decide what to do as a situation develops rather than planning what you will do before you start
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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dray
a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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