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intestinal fortitude definition

☆ intestinal fortitude

courage and perseverance; grit; pluck: a euphemism for “guts” (see gut, sense )

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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