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on the mend
Idioms and Phrases
Recovering one's health, as in I heard you had the flu, but I'm glad to see you're on the mend . This idiom uses mend in the sense of “repair.” [c. 1800]Example Sentences
Vrionis in his statement said Santana was on the mend, looks forward to returning to San Antonio and intends to carry on with his tour.
A motorcycle speedway world champion who was involved in a serious crash in Poland last month has said he is "on the mend".
His return to the lineup just days before the home opener is a positive sign that he’s on the mend.
“We’re so glad Luna is on the mend,” the office wrote in a comment.
Just as things looked to be on the mend on the field, they were put to the sword by a revitalised Paris St-Germain in their penultimate league phase game.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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