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gut check
noun
- a pause to assess the state, progress, or condition of something such as an enterprise or institution
Example Sentences
The past few weeks of stock market whipsawing have been a gut check for internet communities that swelled in numbers during the usually excellent markets of the past five years.
So they did a gut check—they went hunting for excrement and vomit from the Polish Basin, a region of central Europe with an extensive record of fossil bones and paleoclimate data.
With the 2024 season now unsalvageable after an embarrassing loss to the 3-6 Miami Dolphins, Rams players and coaches each need a candid gut check to try to right the ship before the 2025 season kicks off in 10 months.
He had a pretty embarrassing event with alcohol and the police, and after some tough love from his wife, a “gut check momentâ€, he decided to not drink again.
In a 2018 interview with the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Walz described his arrest as a “gut check moment,†when he recommitted to being a role model to his students.
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