| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| second wind |
a feeling that your energy is returning as you run
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In a 10 K race, I usually get my second wind after 15 minutes.
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| seconds |
second-rate products, products with flaws
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For work, I buy seconds - shirts and pants with minor flaws.
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| seconds |
second helpings of food, more food on your plate
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Mom, can we have seconds? This is great apple pudding!
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| see |
date, go out with, hang out with
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Derek is seeing Angie. Aren't they a nice couple?
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| see a man about a dog |
go to the bathroom or washroom
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Excuse me. I have to see a man about a dog.
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| see eye to eye |
agree, have similar views or opinions, on the same wavelength
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Bob and Sue don't see eye to eye on religion. He's an atheist and she's a Christian.
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| see fit |
decide it is right, decide it is good
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I hope you will see fit to approve their request for assistance.
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| see hide nor hair |
not see a person because he has gone
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You won't see hide nor hair of him after he borrows money.
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| see it coming |
predict it will happen, sense it will happen
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I should have seen it coming. Now I know they were planning
to dismiss me long before it happened.
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| see it through |
work until you finish, follow through
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If you renovate the kitchen, please see it through. Finish it.
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