Definition of "second-guess" [second-guess]
- (verb-transitive) To criticize or correct after an outcome is known.
- (verb-transitive) To outguess.
- (verb-transitive) To predict or anticipate: "She can second-guess indictments” ( Scott Turow).
- (verb-intransitive) To criticize a decision after its outcome is known.
Use "second-guess" in a sentence
- "But I think an even better idea is to get rid of the save altogether, that way we can all be shocked and appalled, but nobody has to second-guess a decision or make Casey feel like crap that he's still there and that perhaps the best vocalist in the competition has gone home."
- "Worse, we may acknowledge them but then second-guess and quickly bury them."
- "Knicks team president Donnie Walsh said last summer he will "second-guess myself forever " on the deal."