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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.


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Thereafter, computers continued to get better and cheaper, but didn’t spur the same new demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"I'll look back and see what I could have done better and get better for the next game."

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The latest evidence is a decline in job openings and a survey showing Americans are skeptical the labor market will get better anytime soon.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

"A long-held assumption in the field was that the neuromuscular junction remains reliable during aging, and some even suggested it may get better with aging," Arnold said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

“Anyway, if you don’t know Pokemon, I could teach it to you. When I get better, I mean. I’m still not very good.”

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

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