think better of
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Without time to think better of it, I found myself in the driver’s seat of my own car, pulling out onto the track.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025
Then, just as Dunn was turning to leave, he seemed to think better of it.
From Slate • Aug. 15, 2025
But then in a change of heart that wasn’t what you’d expect from one of Australia’s most fearsome predators, he appeared to think better of it.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2023
Two days later we were in Spain because I knew, in a couple days he'd bounce back and would think better of this and not want to do this.
From Salon • May 16, 2023
He saw a shy but shamefaced curiosity in her, and several times she’d seemed about to speak, and then think better of it.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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