Play it by eat 

meaning no commitment to plan to eat anything in particular. Deciding at the time what you feel like eating

Man: What time do you want to get dinner later ?

Woman: I don’t mind, let’s just play it by eat.

Play it by eat by Prinny L July 29, 2019

Play it by butt 

When you have a butt injury or a sore butt and you are unable to make definite plans because you are unsure what the degree of pain will be like at the time of the plans.

"Thanks for inviting me to go to Yoga with you in the morning but I'm not sure, I'll have to play it by butt."
(note: can be applied to any body part i.e. play it by arm, play it by neck, play it by groin, etc.)

Play it by butt by New Default Productions August 8, 2010

let's play it by ear 

It's never going to happen.

Can we reschedule our date to next Saturday?

That's fine.

What time?

Let's play it by ear.

let's play it by ear by Tommigun October 21, 2015

play it by ear 

Letting you down politely, when you ask someone to do something and they want to do something, just not with you, they will say they're going to "play it by ear".

"What do you want to do tonight?"

"I don't know; I think I'll just play it by ear."

play it by ear by happycookie August 16, 2009

play it by ear 

to put off a decision till later

"I don't know we will play it by ear."

play it by ear by play it by ear December 17, 2015

play it by ear 

We say play it by "ear" because we are making decisions as we HEAR them. This means we are not making any final plans right now because we might hear of other things that could prevent us from being able to participate. So basically it means I might have better shit to do.

Aimee: Hey can you hang out tomorrow night?
John: I might have to work late so let's play it by ear.

play it by ear by The TRUE meaning is May 12, 2016

play it by year 

wait and see what happens

I'm going to play it by year and see what happens.

play it by year by FYD September 5, 2008