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reaction
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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.
See also: feeling, gut

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 gut
See also: gut


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