on the mend
prep_phraseDefinitions
Healing or recovering, as from an injury or illness.
- My foot is on the mend but it still hurts to walk.
- 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.
- His neighbours somehow rescued him after he was shot in the face and back, and he is on the mend after life-saving surgery.
Improving or undergoing restoration to a previous, more favorable condition.
- Our marriage went through a difficult time, but now it is on the mend.
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