take a turn for the better
Improve, as in We thought she was on her deathbed but now she's taken a turn for the better. The antonym is take a turn for the worse, meaning “get worse, deteriorate,” as in Unemployment has been fairly low lately, but now the economy's taken a turn for the worse. This idiom employs turn in the sense of “a reversal,” a usage dating from about 1600.
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Words nearby take a turn for the better
take a shine to, take aside, take a spill, take a stand, take at face value, take a turn for the better, take a walk, takeaway, take away from, take a whack at, takeback
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