: a test or assessment of courage, character, or determination
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Fight or flight gut check The study focused on a subset of the peripheral nervous system called the sympathetic nervous system, which becomes active when the brain detects danger.—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 12 Dec. 2024 Bottom line: Don’t be surprised if some excuse for a stiff gut check comes around before terribly long.—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024 But over the course of the social media age, a new gut check has emerged to test a president’s ability to capture the internet’s attention: Does this person make a good meme?—Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 23 July 2024 The former president, known for bouncing ideas off everyone in his orbit, was calling up allies until the morning of his announcement as a gut check.—David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for gut check
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