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Second wind   /sˈɛkənd wɪnd/   Listen
Second wind

noun
1.
Renewed energy or strength to continue an undertaking.  "The employers, initially taken by surprise at the pace of developments, regained their second wind"
2.
The return of relatively easy breathing after initial exhaustion during continuous exertion.





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"Second wind" Quotes from Famous Books



... isn't finished yet!" retorted Slugger Brown. "Just you wait until Nappy gets his second wind, and then you'll see what he'll ...
— The Rover Boys at Colby Hall - or The Struggles of the Young Cadets • Arthur M. Winfield
 
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... light in my fat friend's eye, and he had recovered his second wind; so we sallied out, the colonel still clinging to ...
— Four Years in Rebel Capitals - An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death • T. C. DeLeon
 
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Words linked to "Second wind" :   breathing, push, external respiration, ventilation, get-up-and-go, respiration, energy



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