思いとどまった

reconsidered, stopped oneself

→ 思い止まる
思い think, believe + とどまっ stop + past tense
verb · past indicative Rare #37,246
reconsidered, stopped oneself
JA: 危険すぎると思いとどまった。
EN: I decided not to do it because I thought it was too dangerous.

悪天候のため彼らはピクニックに行くのを思いとどまった

Due to the bad weather, they decided against going on a picnic.

その件について彼の父親に話そうとしたのだが思いとどまった

I was going to talk to his father about it, but I thought better of it.

彼女は初めての小説を出版するの思いとどまった

She decided against publishing her first novel.

トムに電話しようとした思いとどまった

I was going to call Tom, but I changed my mind.