sec·ond-guess | \ ˌse-kᵊŋ-ˈges 
, -kən(d)- \
, -kən(d)- \second-guessed; second-guessing; second-guesses
Definition of second-guess
1 : to criticize or question actions or decisions of (someone) often after the results of those actions or decisions are known
meet almost every morning and, over coffee, second-guess the local coach— Bruce Newman also : to engage in such criticism of (an action or decision) second-guess the general's strategy
2 : to seek to anticipate or predict
lived royally by his ability to second-guess the stock market — Time
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second-guess
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of second-guess
US : to criticize or question the actions or decisions of someone
: to try to guess or predict what (someone or something) will do
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The first known use of second-guess was in 1941
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