second string
Sports. the squad of players available either individually or as a team to replace or relieve those who start a game.
a secondary position, status, or group, as in a level of corporate management.
Origin of second string
1Other words from second string
- second-string, adjective
- second-stringer, noun
Words Nearby second string
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How to use second string in a sentence
True, she was only a second-string nominee, after Tom Daschle had to bow out because of those tax problems.
Will Kathleen Sebelius Win in the End? Legacy Tied to Obamacare’s Outcome | Michael Tomasky | April 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA modest salary, and the Heisman-worthy running back should make the same as the pine-riding second-string punter.
But for all the advantages Assad has handed to them, they cannot dislodge his second-string units from the city.
Syria: Would a No-Fly Zone Help the Rebels Oust Assad? | Barak Barfi | September 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe took me from a second-string team and gave me a chance to make good on the Giants.
Baseball Joe Around the World | Lester ChadwickDriscolls firm for starting with a second-string line, but I dont like it.
Full-Back Foster | Ralph Henry Barbour
Any second-string fellow that looks as if he was being held back?
Quarter-Back Bates | Ralph Henry BarbourI suppose Driscoll wants to bring him around for second-string man.
Center Rush Rowland | Ralph Henry BarbourNor was it the second-string outfit of the Moguls that would come.
Local Color | Irvin S. Cobb
British Dictionary definitions for second string
mainly British an alternative course of action, etc, intended to come into use should the first fail (esp in the phrase a second string to one's bow)
a substitute or reserve player or team
sport
being a substitute player
being the second-ranked player of a team in an individual sport
second-rate or inferior
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