get-well

[ get-wel ]

adjective

1. conveying wishes for one's recovery, as from an illness:

   a get-well card.

Idioms and Phrases

Recover from illness, as in I hope you get well soon . This idiom uses well in the sense of “in good health,” a usage dating from the mid-1500s.

Example Sentences

Mail the elementary school classroom get-well cards, bring on the casseroles, plant the flowers in the yard.

From The Daily Beast

There is yet another close resemblance between the get-rich-quick and the get-well-quick systems.

From Project Gutenberg

In the same way, the get-well-quick practitioner profits from the conquests of material science.

From Project Gutenberg

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