Synonyms for knee jerk
knee jerk

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1. knee jerk, knee-jerk reflex, patellar reflexnoun

   a reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon

   Synonyms:
   knee-jerk reflex, patellar reflex

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1. • Reflex

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1. Edward Abbey (Vox Clamans in Deserto):

   The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.

2. Witness Jose Torres:

   It’s not a knee-jerk reaction. They’re trained to shoot until the risk is ended. i’m not going to use the word, but I said, ‘Why the f are they still shooting him if he’s on the ground?'.

3. George Steinbrenner:

   I ’m aggravated, frustrated, angry, but again, that’s not going to push me into a knee-jerk reaction to get rid of somebody that I believe the players respect, want to play for, want to win for and overall has done a good job keeping that clubhouse together through this difficult three months.

4. Mark Luschini:

   The referendum doesn't really change anything with the negotiations, i think after the initial knee jerk reaction, the majority opinion is that there is still a possibility of some sort of a deal that keeps Greece in the euro zone.

5. Antonio Culebras:

   We don't have this knee jerk reaction of giving a sleeping pill to everyone who suffers from insomnia, we try to determine why, and then we try to remove what's causing or perpetuating insomnia.