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to trust your hunch

to trust your hunch

6.5
Act on a feeling that something is right without checking facts
  • idiom
translation icon : confía en tu intuición
  • When choosing which restaurant to dine in, I tend to trust my hunch rather than reading reviews.

Examples

  • And I always trust my hunches.

    She Wants Me (2012)

  • In uncertain situations, I often trust my hunch instead of relying solely on facts.

  • Before making a decision, I always trust my hunch about what feels right.

Synonyms

to trust your judgment
vsto trust your hunch
11 3.4

Believe someone can make good decisions

relies on inner sense rather than on another person's decision ability
to go with one's gut
vsto trust your hunch
  • Informal
1 7.2

To follow your first feeling without thinking much

relies on inner sense to decide rather than on logic or evidence
to go with one's first instinct
vsto trust your hunch
  • Informal
1 5.3

Decide using your first feeling instead of thinking too much

is not limited to first immediate feeling and covers general inner sense instead
to run with instincts
vsto trust your hunch
7.7

To follow your natural feelings when making a decision

depends on inner sense instead of on logic or evidence

How Informed

to speculate
254 4.8
to fly blind
  • Informal
1 7.7
to trust your hunch
6.5
to guess
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

trust your hunch infinitive
trusted your hunch past
trusted your hunch past participle
trusting your hunch present participle
trusts your hunch third person singular

Morphology

trust + your + hunch

The meaning 'to rely on your intuition' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'trust' (to place confidence) with 'your hunch' (your feeling or guess without evidence). This compositional pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

The phrase trust your hunch may come from the idea of a small, physical feeling, a hunch, like a quick pull or warm feeling in your chest that tells you something is right or wrong. That's why it now means 'to rely on your intuition'.