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. 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.

2. Director Chris Rogers:

   We've been planning for some time to look at the pay rates because we think it's really important our team share in the success of our business, it's not a knee-jerk reaction.

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. Michelle Stanistreet:

   Let's be clear — knee-jerk changes to the license fee would massively damage The BBC programmes and news. The corporation is already facing serious cuts in the coming year, with potentially more on the horizon, it needs greater resources, not an attempt to destabilize its very existence.

5. Jeremy Zirin:

   Given the higher level of volatility and frankly a little bit of disappointment in some of the economic data and corporate profit data this morning, it could just be more of a knee jerk reaction after we’ve had a very sharp rally.