think better of sth
to decide that something is not a good idea:
Originally we were going to buy John's old car, but we thought better of it.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Changing your mind
- 180
- about-turn
- back away
- back out
- backpedal
- change of heart idiom
- change your tune idiom
- climbdown
- cold
- come round
- move
- oscillate
- pendulum
- pull
- pull (sb/sth) out
- realign
- seesaw
- time-server
- U-turn
- volte-face
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