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[ noun ] (informal) fortitude and determination

Examples

"he didn't have the guts to try it"

Used in print

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

Warren thought_of all the men out that night who , like himself , had left their protective ridge and - fear working at their guts - picked their way into the area beyond .

(Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)

She 's got plenty of guts , Mr._Paxton .

Related terms

fortitude colloquialism

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