SECOND-GUESS


Meaning of SECOND-GUESS in English

ˌsecond-ˈguess BrE AmE verb [transitive]

1 . to try to say what will happen or what someone will do before they do it:

I’m not going to try and second-guess the committee’s decisions.

2 . American English to criticize something after it has already happened:

The decision has been made – there’s no point in second-guessing it now.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.