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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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Mr Male said that in the past few years, the competition has "gone nuts" and is "probably the most exciting way to get better at excel in general".

From BBC

So, obviously, it hurts at the moment, but with time things will get better.

From BBC

“We get better intelligence, and better intelligence always helps,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

O'Connor added: "He's only going to get better and better, especially with that Springbok pack in front of him - which is a pretty scary thought."

From BBC

"Inherently, we don't, and won't, always get it perfectly right. But, we are constantly striving to get better," Dr Stuart Minchin said.

From BBC

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