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gut-check

gut-check is the alternative form of gut check.

Meaning of gut check

Noun

gut check (plural gut checks)

  1. (idiomatic, sometimes hyphenated (especially when used attributively)) An honest, reflective appraisal of one's true feelings concerning a matter of concern.
    • "I told them what we needed was a gut check to see whether we had the stomach to go ahead."1996 June 9, Paul Rodgers, “Two born-again brands: one yells, one whispers”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 23 Aug 2015

Forms of gut-check

pluralgut-checks

Questions about gut-check

What is gut-check the alternative form of?
Gut-check is the alternative form of gut check.

Words near gut-check in the dictionary

  1. gut-brain axes
  2. gut-brain axis
  3. gut-bread
  4. gut-breads
  5. gut-busting
  6. gut-check
  7. gut-checks
  8. gut-churning
  9. gut-pudding
  10. gut-puddings
  11. gut-scraper

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