[second wind] also [second breath] {n.} 1. The easier breathingthat follows difficult breathing when one makes a severe physicaleffort, as in running or swimming.
After the first quarter mile, amile runner usually gets his second wind and can breathe better.
We climbed with labored breathing for half an hour, but then got oursecond wind and went up more easily.
2. {informal} The refreshedfeeling you get after first becoming tired while doing something andthen becoming used to it.
Tom became very tired of working at hisalgebra, but after a while he got his second wind and began to enjoyit.
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Значение идиомы second wind