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

The acrobatic, jaw-dropping interception gave the Broncos a second chance, but work remained. — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Chad Powers is getting yet another second chance with a second season and some new friends along for the ride. — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026

But Ford spokesman Dave Tovar told the Detroit Free Press at the time that the local unions do not like the fact that Ford is not rubber-stamping grievances and allowing those who violated the rules an automatic second chance. — Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 1 Sep. 2026

And Fairbanks, a Howard County native who lives in Columbia, has a second chance at a United States Golf Association event 31 years after his first attempt. — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 28 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for second chance

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