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Synonyms

get better

Idioms  

  1. Improve; recover one's health. For example, I just started studying Japanese, and I hope to get better soon, or The doctor said I could expect to get better within a couple of days. Also see get well.

Example Sentences

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It's important for our future, because this is how we get better.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

“If it doesn’t get better, I’m selling my new house in Glendale and heading back to Jersey.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Gabby, from from Appleton Roebuck, near York, said she has come to the realisation that she "probably won't get better" but is trying to ignore the fact she is "gradually getting worse".

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

"Currently, people think if you get severe ARDS, you keep supporting them and ultimately the lungs will get better."

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026

I spooned the food into her mouth, willing her to get better.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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