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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.


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For Jade, 33, from Sherbourne in Dorset, it was a peri-mental health team and an admission to a mother and baby unit in Bournemouth that helped her to get better.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

"I'm trying to get better about not giving an opinion about absolutely everything any more," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

I am also under the impression they get better access — better tables, fewer lines, reservations — to experiences because of their influencer status.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

“I continue to just refine my craft,” McCarthy said, “and get better every day.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

“Because nothing is going to get better unless I tell someone,” she whispers.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

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