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gut feeling and gut reaction; gut response a personal, intuitive feeling or response. I have a gut feeling that something bad is going to happen. My gut reaction is that we should hire Susan for the job. knee-jerk reaction Fig. an automatic or reflex reaction; an immediate reaction made without examining causes or facts. With one of his typical knee-jerk reactions, he said no immediately, citing some moral argument that no one understood. a gut reaction a reaction that is based on your immediate feelings about someone or something When a tragedy like this happens, I think people's gut reaction is anger and a desire to find someone to blame. See bust a gut, bust a gutSee also: gut How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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