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Fight or flight gut check The study focused on a subset of the peripheral nervous system called the sympathetic nervous system, which becomes active when the brain detects danger.
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Jon Hamilton, NPR, 12 Dec. 2024
Bottom line: Don’t be surprised if some excuse for a stiff gut check comes around before terribly long.
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
But over the course of the social media age, a new gut check has emerged to test a president’s ability to capture the internet’s attention: Does this person make a good meme?
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Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 23 July 2024
The former president, known for bouncing ideas off everyone in his orbit, was calling up allies until the morning of his announcement as a gut check.
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David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 July 2024
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First Known Use
1963, in the meaning defined above
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“Gut check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gut%20check. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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