take a turn for the better

Idioms  

1. 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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Example Sentences

After discovering the power of saying yes, Carl’s friendships, love life and career seem to take a turn for the better.

From Los Angeles Times

Perhaps the world will take a turn for the better — we will finally address climate change and bequeath a habitable planet to our children.

From Washington Post

Yet amid the furor, a ray of optimism presents itself that things can take a turn for the better.

From Slate

Things did, however, take a turn for the better when I decided to go by my English middle name, Julia.

From Washington Post

It lacked much of the pageantry of an official bilateral meeting of leaders at the White House, but both Joe Biden and Justin Trudeau expressed optimism that US-Canadian relations were poised to take a turn for the better after Donald Trump's tumultuous four years in the White House.

From BBC