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on the mend

Idioms  
  1. Recovering one's health, as in I heard you had the flu, but I'm glad to see you're on the mend. This idiom uses mend in the sense of “repair.” [c. 1800]


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‘Ray Donovan’ star Liev Schreiber is on the mend, his representative confirmed, after he was reportedly hospitalized in New York over the weekend.

From Los Angeles Times

We saw him a few months later at the Trump White House, on the mend, smiling and unbending in his will to keep handguns, not to mention assault rifles, cheap and plentiful.

From Salon

On Friday, Michele said in another Instagram story that her toddler was on the mend.

From Los Angeles Times

“We are so happy that our beloved Jean Smart’s heart procedure was successful and she’s on the mend,” the companies said in a joint statement shared Thursday with The Times.

From Los Angeles Times

People reported in June that a source close to Jenner and Scott noticed “a different energy” between the two, signaling that their relationship was on the mend.

From Los Angeles Times