An evaluation or test of a person's resolve, commitment, or priorities, typically with respect to a particular course of action.
the gut check came when he found himself facing a tiebreaker in the third set
it was time for a gut check after all the professional advice
Example sentencesExamples
Candidates really need to do a gut check to see if the industry is really for them.
When they're beaten, people who want to be the best give themselves a gut check.
Competing today comes down to a leadership gut check, where the first order of business is to admit that the boom-time 1990s were a once-a-century aberration.
The Ryder Cup is the ultimate gut check in sports.
No gut check needed, I was prepared to suffer and suffer well, whether it be at the back or at the front.
It comes down to a simple gut check: you either love what you do or you don't.
We need a process that maximizes our time and gives us a gut check.
On the domestic side, he rose to the occasion when there was a gut check on health care.
Oddly, when the going gets tough, most companies don't do a gut check and rededicate themselves to service.
We need a gut check in this country because most middle class Americans are tired of paying all of the taxes.
Riding down the steps of this bridge on the return is something of a gut check.
It's easy to pour massive amounts of resources into something that seems cool without doing the proper sort of gut check.
I think each one of us on the plane really got a gut check, whether we wanted it or not.
Definition of gut check in US English:
gut check
noun
North American informal
An evaluation or test of a person's resolve, commitment, or priorities, typically with respect to a particular course of action.
the gut check came when he found himself facing a tiebreaker in the third set
it was time for a gut check after all the professional advice
Example sentencesExamples
It comes down to a simple gut check: you either love what you do or you don't.
We need a process that maximizes our time and gives us a gut check.
We need a gut check in this country because most middle class Americans are tired of paying all of the taxes.
The Ryder Cup is the ultimate gut check in sports.
Riding down the steps of this bridge on the return is something of a gut check.
On the domestic side, he rose to the occasion when there was a gut check on health care.
It's easy to pour massive amounts of resources into something that seems cool without doing the proper sort of gut check.
I think each one of us on the plane really got a gut check, whether we wanted it or not.
Candidates really need to do a gut check to see if the industry is really for them.
When they're beaten, people who want to be the best give themselves a gut check.
Oddly, when the going gets tough, most companies don't do a gut check and rededicate themselves to service.
No gut check needed, I was prepared to suffer and suffer well, whether it be at the back or at the front.
Competing today comes down to a leadership gut check, where the first order of business is to admit that the boom-time 1990s were a once-a-century aberration.