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  • get-well
    get-well
    adjective
    conveying wishes for one's recovery, as from an illness.
  • 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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get-well

American  
[get-wel] / ˈgɛtˈwɛl /

adjective

  1. conveying wishes for one's recovery, as from an illness.

    a get-well card.
get well Idioms  

  1. 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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