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second-guessˌsecond-ˈguess verb [transitive] VERB TABLEsecond-guess |
Present | I, you, we, they | second-guess | | he, she, it | second-guesses | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | second-guessed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have second-guessed | | he, she, it | has second-guessed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had second-guessed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will second-guess | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have second-guessed |
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Present | I | am second-guessing | | he, she, it | is second-guessing | | you, we, they | are second-guessing | Past | I, he, she, it | was second-guessing | | you, we, they | were second-guessing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been second-guessing | | he, she, it | has been second-guessing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been second-guessing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be second-guessing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been second-guessing |
1to criticize something after it has already happened, especially by saying what should have been done: He refused to second-guess his coach’s decision.2to try to say what will happen or what someone will do before he or she does it: I won’t try to second-guess the president’s decision. |