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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a second getting" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where you are referring to a second instance of obtaining something, but it is not commonly used.
Example: "After a long wait, I finally had a second getting of the rare collectible I had been searching for."
Alternatives: "a second acquisition" or "a second instance of obtaining".
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They couldn't waste a second getting the baby to the hospital, they decided.
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A third got stuck on the issue of technology.
A third gets to use it, relabelled as "equity".
Some people, around a third, get vomiting and diarrhoea.
John Rocker (1-1), who pitched a scoreless eighth, got the victory.
Within a second, I got a migraine from depression.
(You want a second act, get a stage).
And, for a second, I got it.
A second try got 64kbps.
wait a second, I got it!
A second kiss gets a "Golly Moses".
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