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on the mend

Idioms  

  1. Recovering one's health, as in I heard you had the flu, but I'm glad to see you're on the mend. This idiom uses mend in the sense of “repair.” [c. 1800]

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‘Ray Donovan’ star Liev Schreiber is on the mend, his representative confirmed, after he was reportedly hospitalized in New York over the weekend.

From Los Angeles Times

Emmy-nominated “Ray Donovan” star Liev Schreiber is on the mend, after a health scare landed him in a New York City hospital over the weekend.

From Los Angeles Times

Now, relations appear to be on the mend.

From The Wall Street Journal

Hamstring on the mend, Knight and her guitar have made it to the World Cup.

From BBC

This isn’t the first time Muniz has found himself on the mend.

From Los Angeles Times

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