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Discover LudwigThe phrase "in for a second" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that someone is temporarily involved in something or is about to experience something briefly. Example: "I just need you to hold this for me; I'll be in for a second."
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So is Nunn digging in for a second term?
Another batch of students came in for a second round.
Finally, not knowing what to think, we took him in for a second X-ray.
"I just went in for a second to look at my hair," she said.
"That is good," Max mumbles, going in for a second helping.
He was a daily worker; he didn't phone it in for a second.
See articleLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in for a second term as Brazil's president.
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Only a few months ago, the Social Democrats seemed a shoo-in for a second four-year term.
BEFORE THE PROTESTS in June Dilma Rousseff of the Workers Party PTPT) seemed a shoo-in for a second presidential term after the elections in October 2014.
A few months back, Shaheen looked like a shoo-in for a second term.
Unless that changes, the governor seems a shoo-in for a second term, notwithstanding his recent signs of political mortality.
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