THINK BETTER OF IT / OF DOING STH

Meaning of THINK BETTER OF IT / OF DOING STH in English

to decide not to do sth after thinking further about it

SYN reconsider :

Rosie was about to protest but thought better of it.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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DOING
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DOING — THAT WAS YOUR ~: ta vu es culpabil, pri to vu es responsabil
English interlingue dictionary
DOING — buhat
English-Visayan vocabulary
DOING — noun Date: 14th century the act of performing or executing ; action , 2. plural things that are done or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THINK — I. intransitive verb ( thought ; thought ; thinking ; thinks ) Etymology: Middle English thinken (past thoughte ), from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BETTER — I. ˈbed.ə(r), -etə- adjective, comparative of good Etymology: Middle English bettre, from Old English betera; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOING — noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of don to do — more at do 1. a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOING — (n.) Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do.
Английский словарь Webster
DOING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Do
Английский словарь Webster
DOING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Do
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DOING — ( n. ) Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THINK — think 1 /thingk/ , v. , thought, thinking , adj. , n. v.i. 1. to have a conscious mind, to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOING — /dooh"ing/ , n. 1. action; performance; execution: Your misfortune is not of my doing. 2. doings , deeds; proceedings; happenings; …
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BETTER — better 1 /bet"euhr/ , adj., compar. of good with best as superl. 1. of superior quality or excellence: a better …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOING — n. act, deed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
THINK — I. ˈthiŋk verb ( thought ˈthȯt ; think·ing ) Etymology: Middle English thenken, from Old English thencan; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BETTER — I. ˈbe-tər adjective, comparative of good Etymology: Middle English bettre, from Old English betera; akin to Old English bōt remedy, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOING — noun Date: 14th century 1. : the act of performing or executing : action that will take a great deal …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THINK — add. ·noun act of thinking; a thought. 2. think ·vt to presume; to venture. 3. think ·vt to conceive; to …
Webster English vocab
DOING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of do. 2. doing ·noun anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the …
Webster English vocab
BETTER — noun one who bets or lays a wager. 2. better (·comp) more correctly or thoroughly. 3. better ·adj greater in …
Webster English vocab
DOING — ■ noun 1》 (also ~s ) the activities in which someone engages. 2》 activity or effort: it would take some …
Concise Oxford English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
THINK — [think] vb thought ; think.ing [ME thenken, fr. OE thencan; akin to OHG denken to think, L tongere to know--more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BETTER — [bet.ter] adj, comparative of good [ME bettre, fr. OE betera; akin to OE bot remedy, Skt bhadra fortunate] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THINK — think BrE AmE θɪŋk ▷ thinking ˈθɪŋk ɪŋ ▷ thinks θɪŋ k s ▷ thought θɔːt θɑːt ▶ ˈ think …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DOING — doing BrE AmE ˈdu ː ‿ɪŋ ▷ doing|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
THINK — / θɪŋk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( thought , thought / θɔːt; NAmE /) HAVE OPINION / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOING — / ˈduːɪŋ; NAmE / noun [ C , usually pl. , U ] a thing done or caused by sb …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BETTER — / ˈbetə(r); NAmE / adjective , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective (comparative of good ) 1. of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THINK — I. think 1 S1 W1 /θɪŋk/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle thought /θɔːt $ θɒːt/) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOING — do ‧ ing /ˈduːɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: verb : ↑ do , ↑ outdo , ↑ overdo …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BETTER — I. bet ‧ ter 1 S1 W1 /ˈbetə $ -ər/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: betera …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THINK — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. thought) 1 tr. (foll. by that + clause) be of the opinion …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOING — n. 1 a an action; the performance of a deed (famous for his doings; it was my doing). b activity, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BETTER — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. (compar. of GOOD). 1 of a more excellent or outstanding or desirable kind (a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THINK — v. & n. v. (past and past part. thought) 1 tr. (foll. by that + clause) be of the opinion …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOING — n. 1 a an action; the performance of a deed (famous for his doings; it was my doing). b activity, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BETTER — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. (compar. of GOOD). 1 of a more excellent or outstanding or desirable kind (a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THINK — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. thought) 1. tr. (foll. by that + clause) be of the opinion …
Oxford English vocab
DOING — n.1 a an action; the performance of a deed (famous for his doings; it was my doing). b activity, effort …
Oxford English vocab
BETTER — 1. adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. (compar. of GOOD). 1. of a more excellent or outstanding or desirable kind …
Oxford English vocab
THINK — ( thinks, thinking, thought) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BETTER — ( betters, bettering, bettered) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Better is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THINK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a positive thought ▪ Think positive thoughts. abstract thought (= thinking about ideas ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BETTER — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THINK — (CONSIDER) [verb] [past:] thought - to believe, consider, have as an opinion or ideaI think (that) I've met you before. …
Cambridge English vocab
DOING — [noun] [U]Is this your doing? (= Did you do this?)It was none of my doing.Running a marathon takes some/a lot …
Cambridge English vocab
DOING — See: NOTHING DOING.
Slang English vocab
BETTER — See: ALL BETTER, DISCRETION IS THE BETTER PART OF VALOR, FOR BETTER OR WORSE, FOR THE BETTER, GET THE BETTER …
Slang English vocab
THINK — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hard ( esp. BrE ), long ▪ I've had a long, hard ~ about it. VERB …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Longman Activator English vocab
THINK — See ↑ EXPECT 1, ↑ REMEMBER 2, ↑ THINK 1,7,8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ don't think • ↑ don't think much …
Longman Activator English vocab
BETTER — See ↑ BETTER 1,4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be better • ↑ do better • ↑ feel better • ↑ get …
Longman Activator English vocab
BETTER — INDEX: 1. better than someone or something else 2. very much better than someone or something 3. to reach a …
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THINK — n. 25B6; verb I think he's gone home : BELIEVE, be of the opinion, be of the view, be under …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOING — n. 25B6; noun the doing of the act constitutes the offence : PERFORMANCE, performing, carrying out, execution, implementation, implementing, achievement, …
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BETTER — n. 25B6; adjective better facilities : SUPERIOR, finer, of higher quality; preferable; informal a cut above, streets ahead, head and …
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THINK — v. 1 believe, imagine, expect, dream, fantasize, suppose When do you think that you will retire? 2 judge, reckon, consider, …
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BETTER — adj. 1 superior You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din Can you suggest a better investment than the …
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DOING — See: NOTHING DOING.
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