Idioms

gut response

gut response

A reaction to a situation based on a person's instinct and feelings, rather than on a logical analysis. My initial gut response was that the merger would result in a drop in stock prices, but the opposite turned out to be true. My gut response to Kara's shady new boyfriend proved correct when we discovered he had a pretty extensive criminal history. While good résumés always help, I usually end up hiring people I have a good gut response to in the interview.
See also: gut, response
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For whatever issue you are considering, you must first of all note down your initial gut response. Now act like your fiercest critic and try to think from the opposite point of view.
As I reflected on my gut response to that as a MeToo-er, I came to realize what that gut turmoil was about.
This also gives evidence supporting the role of CRF pathways in the gut response to stress in IBS patients.
Is there any real difference between that gut response from a of a breed might Little Scotlanders tenement window and of the more sophisticated response to the views of Lady Louise Richardson, the principal of St Andrews University.
Very rarely does a rst encounter with another politician produce a strange feeling of intestinal discomfort in me - the "Ycha" gut response, " gut response, Y is all I can call it - sorry I can't translate that.
"We were just flat," said defenseman Derek Morris, clearly upset with his team's gut response. "We can't be flat, we can't come out the way we came out.
Most of us have intuitions about this sort of thing, whether in our enthusiasm (or lack of it) for Kevin Warwick, or in our gut response to gene therapy, artificial intelligence, embryonic stem cell research, or nanotechnology.
As a registered Independent, I switch allegiances based on my gut response to a candidate's stated position, his voting record ...
Despite the fact that these companies install more remodeling products than anyone else in the U.S., most remodelers' gut response is to avoid any association with an organization that wants to be seen as the lowest cost in town.
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