"have second thoughts" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-have second thoughts.ogg Forms: has second thoughts [present, singular, third-person], having second thoughts [participle, present], had second thoughts [participle, past], had second thoughts [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> second thoughts}} have second thoughts (third-person singular simple present has second thoughts, present participle having second thoughts, simple past and past participle had second thoughts)
  1. (idiomatic) To change one's opinion, or be uneasy about a previous decision. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Thinking Related terms: on second thought, get cold feet Translations (to change one's opinion): reconsiderar (Catalan), 重新考慮 /重新考虑 (chóngxīn kǎolǜ) (Chinese Mandarin), bedenkingen hebben (Dutch), tulla toisiin ajatuksiin (Finnish), hésiter (French), meggondolja magát (Hungarian), ripensarci (Italian), bić się z myślami [imperfective] (Polish), reconsiderar (Portuguese), dudar (Spanish), nghĩ lại (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to change one's opinion",
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      "sense": "to change one's opinion",
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      "sense": "to change one's opinion",
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      "sense": "to change one's opinion",
      "word": "reconsiderar"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to change one's opinion",
      "word": "dudar"
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      "sense": "to change one's opinion",
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