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get a/ second wind

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get a/your second wind

  (British, American & Australian) also get a/your second breath (American)

to suddenly have new energy to continue doing something after you were feeling tired After two hours we could hardly walk another step, but we got a second wind as we neared home.

See also: get, second, wind