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Used in reference to a feeling or reaction based on an instinctive emotional response rather than considered thought
“But you should develop the capacity to reflect on gut feelings rather than acting on them impulsively.”
The stomach or belly
“If the President lined up every world leader in a line and systematically punched each of them in the gut in the name of unilateral diplomacy, would you still vote for him?”
Entrails that have been removed or exposed in violence or by a butcher
“They threw away the fish heads and guts.”
Personal courage and determination; toughness of character
“And what guts it had to have taken to do what they did.”
“… the film packs an emotional wallop that the viewer will feel in his gut.”
To take the internal organs out of
“To gut the fish, make a slit up the length of the belly under running water and cut off the fins with scissors.”
“A family of five are having to live in one hotel room after a fire gutted their home.”
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