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.

Examples of second chance in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In January, they also were given a second chance by team co-owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon. — ABC News, 19 Oct. 2026

Your child's athletic career isn't a second chance at your own. — Jonathan Alpert Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Producers started calling around, and one got in touch with my agents, which felt like a big deal and second chance of sorts. — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Read on to learn which of Season 10’s couples are still together today—including the unexpected pair who got a second chance at love. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 15 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for second chance

• circumstance
• esperance
• exceedance
• happenstance
• refinance
• advance
• askance
• enhance
• expanse
• finance
• freelance
• mischance