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Gut feeling: meaning and use in English

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Use gut feeling for a personal sense or impression that you cannot fully explain. Say I have a gut feeling that the train will be late, or My gut feeling is that we should wait. The phrase is informal and does not mean that you have proof.

I had a gut feeling that Noor would call before dinner.
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