A gut feeling is a conviction that comes from the body, not the reasoning. Go on a gut feeling, a gut feeling about him.
It is usually pattern recognition too fast to be conscious, which is why experts trust theirs and beginners should not. A gut feeling is worth listening to and not worth obeying blindly.
1noungut feelingA conviction that comes from the body, not the reasoning.
“She had a gut feeling about the offer and turned it down.”
gut feeling is a feeling.
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