📚 Fight or flight, phrase. ❓ Definition: The instinctive physiological response to a threatening situation, which readies one either to resist forcibly or to run away. ❗️ Examples: 1. I'm sure you've heard of fight or flight in a stressful situation. 2. Humans, like all animals, have an inborn stress alarm system that initiates a fight or flight response to stressful situations. 3. It's true, when you feel that your life might be in danger your natural instinct is fight or flight. 4. In that situation, an animal has two choices - fight or flight. 5. This is when those who haven't punched a ticket feel fight or flight in their bellies. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic