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all better

  1. Completely healed or cured, as in Once we've bandaged it up, you'll be all better. This term is often used to comfort a child who has been hurt. It uses all in the sense of “entirely” and better in the sense of “cured.” The usage has been in the language since a.d. 1000.



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“Still no fever. Looks like you’re all better. And I’ve got something that might bring you to a full recovery. Ta-da!”

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Ridge, you’re all better now, yes?

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Some of Demoff's closest friends in the industry are at the San Francisco 49ers, who now own Leeds United and Rangers too, but "we're all competitors. There's only so much people are willing to share, whereas here, there is no limit. Everybody realises that being an open book makes us all better".

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“By the way, now that I’ve talked about it, y’all better get my album. Y’all wanted to know, right? Now y’all know,” she told the off-camera “CBS Mornings” crew.

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"I went in, got put to sleep, woke up. All better. I got four to six teeth taken out, but the big thing is I got implants put in," says Whittaker.

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