THINK TWICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does think twice mean? 

• THINK TWICE (verb)
  The verb THINK TWICE has 1 sense:

1. consider and reconsider carefully

  Familiarity information: THINK TWICE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THINK TWICE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Consider and reconsider carefully

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

Think twice before you have a child

Hypernyms (to "think twice" is one way to...):

consider; debate; deliberate; moot; turn over (think about carefully; weigh)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

Think twice, before it goes over you.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Think twice before you reach for that tempting treat.

(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Mort Dieu! cried the bowman, there is a bucketful or more of my blood over in France, but it was all spilled in hot fight, and I should think twice before I drew it drop by drop as these friars are doing.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Think twice, you, Micawber, if you don't want to be crushed.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)