things are looking up

1. Matters are improving; see under look up.

Example Sentences

As Agatha Swanburne once said, “When things are looking up, there’s no point in looking elsewhere.”

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“Perhaps things are looking up,” she thought as she led the children downstairs to wait for Simon, for it was already nearing eleven o’clock.

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What’s Next: Things are looking up for next year as well.

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Things are looking up for next year as well.

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So Carville, despite his diagnosis of “shambles,” thinks things are looking up in the long run.

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