second thought
noun
: reconsideration or a revised opinion of a previous often hurried decision
began to have second thoughts
Examples of second thought in a Sentence
After she agreed to lend him the money, she had second thoughts.
She was having second thoughts about getting married.
He hardly gave it a second thought.
Recent Examples on the Web
Subscriptions like Billie cover this for you without a second thought.
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Sabina Wizemann, Good Housekeeping, 30 Nov. 2022
In America, the allure of material comfort is accepted without a second thought.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2022
Teller, of Penn & Teller—two more magicians who call Las Vegas home—is the Siegfried of his particular duo: the logician, the focus, the sober second thought.
—Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2022
And then a second thought immediately popped into his head.
—oregonlive, 3 May 2022
My second thought, as the slap hit home, was: Why did nobody think of this before?
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
In the past, Fischer, 40, who lives in Miami Beach, Fla., wouldn’t have given his mild cold symptoms a second thought.
—Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
As the existing workforce exits the industry and new technological innovation changes how projects are imagined and built, the industry has a unique opportunity to attract a new type of worker who may never have given construction a second thought.
—Mark Schwartz, Forbes, 17 May 2021
Would Daenerys Targaryen have lit that place up without a second thought?
—Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2022
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Sabina Wizemann, Good Housekeeping, 30 Nov. 2022
In America, the allure of material comfort is accepted without a second thought.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2022
Teller, of Penn & Teller—two more magicians who call Las Vegas home—is the Siegfried of his particular duo: the logician, the focus, the sober second thought.
—Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2022
And then a second thought immediately popped into his head.
—oregonlive, 3 May 2022
My second thought, as the slap hit home, was: Why did nobody think of this before?
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
In the past, Fischer, 40, who lives in Miami Beach, Fla., wouldn’t have given his mild cold symptoms a second thought.
—Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
As the existing workforce exits the industry and new technological innovation changes how projects are imagined and built, the industry has a unique opportunity to attract a new type of worker who may never have given construction a second thought.
—Mark Schwartz, Forbes, 17 May 2021
Would Daenerys Targaryen have lit that place up without a second thought?
—Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1622, in the meaning defined above
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