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

Once seen as an opportunity for college athletes to earn a second chance elsewhere — even when transfer students had to sit out an entire season — the portal has now become the Wild West, a place of seemingly unregulated wheeling and dealing. —Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 1 Jan. 2026

Unfortunately for Mauser, the ruthless Rockwell isn’t so quick to offer the cocky young athlete a second chance. —Martha Ross, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025

The Hudsucker Proxy The Coen brothers’ biggest box-office bomb got a second chance, of sorts, as one of the most beloved cult classics in their filmography. —Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2025

Head coach Sonny Dykes and wide receivers coach Malcolm Kelly opted to keep McAlister on the team, and the Azle native vindicated that second chance by becoming one of the nation’s best wide receivers and best leaders. —Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for second chance

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