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Definition of
second nature noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
second nature
noun
noun
[
uncountable
]
second nature
(to somebody) (to do something)
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something that you do very easily and naturally, because it is part of your character or you have done it so many times
He found that teaching was second nature to him.
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second nature
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