second chance

noun

: an opportunity to try something again after failing one time

I could have fired him, but I gave him a second chance.

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Players can also add the Double Play for one more $1 to have a second chance at winning $10 million. —

Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Dec. 2024 But the Chargers have a second chance to make a statement. —

Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024 With the help of Wish Book donations, the program can help others like Garcia who are seeking a second chance in life. —

Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024 Henry Hobson Richardson: Drawings from the Collection of Houghton Library, Harvard University by Jay Wickersham, Chris Milford, and Hope Mayo For Shakespeare’s characters the possibility of a second chance could be their undoing or their salvation. —

The New York Review of Books, 29 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for second chance

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