"think better of" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "thinks better of",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thinking better of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thought better of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thought better of",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "think<,,thought> better of"
      },
      "expansion": "think better of (third-person singular simple present thinks better of, present participle thinking better of, simple past and past participle thought better of)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He got halfway out the door, thought better of it, and decided to stay home, instead.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To change one's mind concerning, especially to decide against."
      ],
      "id": "en-think_better_of-en-verb-jE8pWqYN",
      "links": [
        [
          "change one's mind",
          "change one's mind"
        ],
        [
          "decide",
          "decide"
        ],
        [
          "against",
          "against"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To change one's mind concerning, especially to decide against."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "know better"
        },
        {
          "word": "think twice"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "reconsider"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to change one's mind concerning, especially to decide against",
          "word": "muuttaa mielensä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to change one's mind concerning, especially to decide against",
          "word": "tulla toisiin ajatuksiin"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to change one's mind concerning, especially to decide against",
          "word": "meggondolja magát"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to change one's mind concerning, especially to decide against",
          "word": "ripensare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "peredumatʹ",
          "sense": "to change one's mind concerning, especially to decide against",
          "word": "передумать"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "think better of"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "thinks better of",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thinking better of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thought better of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thought better of",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "think<,,thought> better of"
      },
      "expansion": "think better of (third-person singular simple present thinks better of, present participle thinking better of, simple past and past participle thought better of)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "know better"
    },
    {
      "word": "think twice"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He got halfway out the door, thought better of it, and decided to stay home, instead.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To change one's mind concerning, especially to decide against."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "change one's mind",
          "change one's mind"
        ],
        [
          "decide",
          "decide"
        ],
        [
          "against",
          "against"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To change one's mind concerning, especially to decide against."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "reconsider"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to change one's mind concerning, especially to decide against",
      "word": "muuttaa mielensä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to change one's mind concerning, especially to decide against",
      "word": "tulla toisiin ajatuksiin"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to change one's mind concerning, especially to decide against",
      "word": "meggondolja magát"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to change one's mind concerning, especially to decide against",
      "word": "ripensare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "peredumatʹ",
      "sense": "to change one's mind concerning, especially to decide against",
      "word": "передумать"
    }
  ],
  "word": "think better of"
}