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Knee Jerk Reaction Expression Refers Quick Automatic Emotional Response

Phrase/Idiom knee-jerk reaction
Definition This expression refers to a quick, automatic and sometimes emotional response.
Example Following the attack, the knee-jerk reaction was to bomb them back.

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