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second act

noun, verb — 2 senses

second act

nounalso spelled second-act
1

Something a person devotes their later life to, after retiring or quitting a former occupation.

  • After a successful career as a Wall Street stockbroker, Don built houses in Africa for a second act.

second-act

verb
1

To sneak into a venue during the intermission without paying.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for second act and second-act.