second wind

Definitions

A renewed feeling of energy after having reached the point of exhaustion.

Equivalents

Examples

“There is no need⟳ to describe⟳ how they toiled back up the gorge. It was pretty hard work⟳, but oddly enough everyone felt more cheerful. They were getting their second wind; and the word supper had had a wonderful effect.”

“Don't forget⟳ your second wind / sooner or later you'll feel⟳ that momentum kick⟳ in”

“As I get⟳ up to leave⟳, she [Tracey Emin] gets a second wind and starts to rant about the state of education, the NHS, the Post⟳ Office, the contaminated blood scandal …”

“X gained a second wind last⟳ year when Mr. Trump won the election. Some advertisers, courted by Ms. Yaccarino, returned to the platform partly because of Mr. Musk’s adjacency to the president.”

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