gut reaction
Britishnoun
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For the men of his generation, that was the gut reaction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Aymann Ismail: What was your gut reaction to the news of the pardons?
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2025
Then you got the script — what was your gut reaction?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
"My gut reaction was he was doing something athletic or mucking about and it had gone wrong," said Mr Badcock.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2023
Briefly he outlined to the lawyer the situation insofar as he understood it, and asked Hirsshorn what his initial and instinctive gut reaction was.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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