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Received from some source other than the original. For example, I learned of Mary's divorce at second hand . This phrase may be applied to information or to previously owned merchandise. [1400s] Also see at first hand .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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