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went with one's gut

went with one's gut is the simple past of go with one's gut.

Meaning of go with one's gut

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.

Questions about went with one's gut

What is went with one's gut the simple past of?
Went with one's gut is the simple past of go with one's gut.

Words near went with one's gut in the dictionary

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

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