second-guess

arvata

olla jälkiviisas puhekieltä to vet or evaluate; to criticize or correct, often by hindsight, by presuming to have a better idea, method, etc.
1946, someone, somewhere:

I suppose anybody who keeps a diary and subsequently goes over it for publication has a tremendous temptation to second-guess and make himself look like an oracle.

As a practical matter, a fertilizer company could not afford to second-guess the Federal Trade Commission or a jury in a triple damage case on so obscure a point.

Public administration would be hamstrung if courts were free to second-guess reasonable administrative decisions.

MacGregor avoided this trap by refusing to give managers reporting to him the opportunity to second-guess the solution he would be most likely to choose.

If you suspect you've stepped over the line, ask a few other copy editors to second-guess your headline.

Please dont try to second-guess the procedure that we have already refined and adopted.''

Once she began listening to her instincts and didnt second-guess herself the entire time, her artwork improved noticeably.''