on second thoughts

A form of on second thought — After reconsidering; on further consideration.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. UKalternativeAlternative form of on second thought.

    On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don't wish you had known him.

    1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 49, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC
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APA

on second thoughts. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20second%20thoughts

MLA

“on second thoughts.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20second%20thoughts. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on second thoughts,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20second%20thoughts.

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