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Knee jerk reaction

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1.an immediate unthinking emotional reaction produced by an event or statement to which the reacting person is highly sensitive; - in persons with strong feelings on a topic, it may be very predictable.


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This type of knee jerk reaction is not business savvy.
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This has prompted outrage from Muslim clerics, as well as an embarrassing knee jerk reaction from the Bush administration to back off from traditionally close Evangelical Christian ties to the White House.
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Of course, many of us are still scared, but you can't have a knee jerk reaction when you are making decisions like that," she said.
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