"second guess" meaning in English

See second guess in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: second guesses [present, singular, third-person], second guessing [participle, present], second guessed [participle, past], second guessed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} second guess (third-person singular simple present second guesses, present participle second guessing, simple past and past participle second guessed)
  1. Alternative spelling of second-guess Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: second-guess
    Sense id: en-second_guess-en-verb-yDL0u3JV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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