second string

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second string (plural second strings )

1. (sports ) A unit of players which is considered to have a secondary level of talent and which usually plays after the first string.

• junior varsity

second string

1. (idiomatic ) Not as good; of a lower quality or condition.

   I got a new pair of shoes, so I think I'll use the old, second string pair in my garden.

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