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Second wind

noun

Renewed energy or strength to continue an undertaking. "The employers, initially taken by surprise at the pace of developments, regained their second wind"

The return of relatively easy breathing after initial exhaustion during continuous exertion.

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"Second wind" Quotes from Famous Books

... second floor front Mr. and Mrs. McCaskey came to the window to recover their second wind. Mr. McCaskey was scooping turnips out of his vest with a crooked forefinger, and his lady was wiping an eye that the salt of the roast pork had not benefited. They heard the outcry below, and thrust their heads out ...

— The Four Million • O. Henry

... had fallen several times and covered myself with a mixture that looked like grey condensed milk mixed with butter and felt like a poultice, I got my second wind. I was still recognizable as a human being. All fear of making myself in a worse mess had vanished, and thus, freed from nervousness, I began to get quite daring. The Chief saw in me the making of a first-class pipe walker, and prophesied that I should be able to attain the ...

— A Dweller in Mesopotamia - Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden • Donald Maxwell