get better

Idioms and Phrases

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 .

Example Sentences

“I think we’ll get better from here,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

"She had leukaemia, when I was making the movie The Boxer with Daniel Day Lewis, three weeks from the end I had to leave because she'd been diagnosed with leukaemia, they thought she wasn't going to get better but she fought back and she won it," he said.

From BBC

Most people—including kids— who catch COVID-19 get better, and their illness is usually mild.

From National Geographic Kids

“He’ll be ready, God forbid, if something were to happen to Matthew,” McVay said, “but he’s also allowing himself to get better in the absence of some of these game reps because of the way that he approaches practice on a weekly basis.”

From Los Angeles Times

“He’s not really worried about the end outcome all the time. He’s worried about the process and how he can get better every day, and I think that’s what he’s done to put himself in position.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• ameliorate
• cure
• heal
• rebuild
• reconstruct
• rectify
• redress
• rejuvenate
• renew
• repair
• restore
• revamp
• sew