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go with one's gut

go with one's gut verb: to trust or follow an intuition or instinct, as opposed to an opinion based on a logical analysis.

Verb

go with one's gut (third-person singular simple present goes with one's gut, present participle going with one's gut, simple past went with one's gut, past participle gone with one's gut)

  1. (idiomatic) To trust or follow an intuition or instinct, as opposed to an opinion based on a logical analysis.

Forms of go with one's gut

third-person singular presentgoes with one's gut
present participlegoing with one's gut
pastwent with one's gut
past participlegone with one's gut

Questions about go with one's gut

What does go with one's gut mean?
Go with one's gut means to trust or follow an intuition or instinct, as opposed to an opinion based on a logical analysis.
What part of speech is go with one's gut?
Go with one's gut is a verb.
What is the past tense of go with one's gut?
The past tense of go with one's gut is went with one's gut.

Words near go with one's gut in the dictionary

  1. go wide
  2. go wild
  3. go Winchester
  4. go with
  5. go with a swing
  6. go with one's gut
  7. go with the flow
  8. go with the flow of traffic
  9. go with the territory
  10. go with the turf
  11. go with the wind

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