on the mend en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(of persons and their health) Healing or recovering, as from an injury or illness.
My stress and frustration resulted in a spastic colon and the need for weeks of medication. While on the mend, another avenue [for funding] was suggested to me - individual Jewish philanthropists.
2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 44:His neighbours somehow rescued him after he was shot in the face and back, and he is on the mend after life-saving surgery.
2023 October 13, Jacob Steinberg, “‘They came to slaughter us’: Spurs fan shot by Hamas damns English football’s response”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:My foot is on the mend but it still hurts to walk.
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(figuratively, of situations or things) Improving or undergoing restoration to a previous, more favorable condition.
Our marriage went through a difficult time, but now it is on the mend.
Translations (4)
fr en voie de guérison (Healing or recovering) · it in netto miglioramento (Improving) · it in via di guarigione (Healing or recovering) · hu gyógyulófélben (Healing or recovering)