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second
banana
A comedian who plays a
second
ary or supporting role, especially as straight man and traditionally in vaudeville or burlesque theatre.
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second
banana
A person who serves in a supporting,
second
ary, or subsidiary capacity; an assistant.
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second
childhood
A childlike state in any adult, resulting from mental illness, trauma, or other conditions.
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second
childhood
The period or state of cognitive decline of an elderly person, characterized by childlike judgment and behavior.
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second
fiddle
A fiddle part in harmony to the first fiddle.
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second
fiddle
A sidekick or subordinate, or the role of such a person.
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second
fiddle
The person playing
second
fiddle.
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second
hand
used
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second
nature
A mindset, skill, or type of behavior so ingrained through habit or practice that it seems natural, automatic, or without a basis in conscious thought.
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second
sight
clairvoyance
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second
string
In sports, a unit of players that plays behind the first string.
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second
string
Not as good; of a lower quality or condition.
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second
-guess
Presumably from trying to guess with
second
sight.
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second
-guess
Presumably from trying to improve with a
second
stab.
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have
second
thoughts
To change one's opinion, or be uneasy about a previous decision.
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on
second
thought
After reconsidering; on further consideration.
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play
second
fiddle
To play a subsidiary or subordinate role to someone or something else.
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two-
second
rule
A rule of thumb for safe driving by which a driver must maintain a two-
second
distance from the vehicle in front.
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across the board
A racing bet where one bets that the same competitor will place in first,
second
and third.
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bottom of the ninth
In baseball, the
second
part of the ninth and final inning. The end of the game.
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cry for help
In her
second
year at the school Alexis stopped doing her homework and would often scribble on walls. Her teachers wondered whether this was a cry for help, or if she was simply misbehaving.
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first loser
Second
place.
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first loser
The
second
place finisher in auto racing competition.
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go mad
Used to indicate that the
second
verb represents an action that is out of character.
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hot lunch
A sexual act in which a pouch of clingfilm or similar material filled with faeces is placed in one of the participants' mouth and subsequently penetrated by the
second
participant.
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nightcap
The
second
game of a doubleheader.
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one thousand
Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one
second
in length.
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proverbs come in pairs
Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs.1979, Irving Howe, John Hollander, David Bromwich, Literature as Experience: An Anthology, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ISBN 0155511130, page 325:Sometimes proverbs come in pairs, the first one providing the context, the
second
, the revision.
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rex-pat
A repeat expatriate, one who becomes ex-patriated a
second
time.
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runner up
second
-placed competitor
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take a back seat
To be
second
to someone or something; to be less important or have a lower priority.
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then again
From another point of view; on the other hand; on
second
thought.
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third string
A unit of players that plays behind the first and
second
strings; a junior varsity team.
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