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get-well

[ get-wel ]
/ ˈgɛtˈwɛl /
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adjective

conveying wishes for one's recovery, as from an illness: a get-well card.

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Words nearby get-well

get up one's nerve, get up on the wrong side of bed, get up on the wrong side of the bed, get up steam, get used to, get-well, get what's coming to one, get wind of, get wise to, get with it, Getz
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Words related to get-well

invite, communication, message, memo, dispatch, note, tab, scratch, line, missive, card, postcard, cannonball, kite, billet doux, love letter, poison pen, thank-you

Idioms and Phrases with get-well

get well

Recover from illness, as in I hope you get well soon. This idiom uses well in the sense of “in good health,” a usage dating from the mid-1500s.

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