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on the mend
mend M0214400 (mĕnd)v. mend·ed, mend·ing, mends v.tr.1. To make repairs or restoration to; fix.2. To reform or correct: mend one's ways.v.intr.1. a. To improve in health or condition: The patient is mending well.b. To heal: The bone mended in a month.2. To make repairs or corrections.n.1. The act of mending: did a neat mend on the sock.2. A mended place: You can't tell where the mend is.Idioms: mend fences To improve poor relations, especially in politics: "Whatever thoughts he may have entertained about mending some fences with [them] were banished" (Conor Cruise O'Brien). on the mend Improving, especially in health.
[Middle English menden, short for amenden, to amend; see amend.]
mend′a·ble adj.mend′er n.on the mend
on the mendHealing or getting well; improving in health. I broke my arm last month, so I've just been at home on the mend since then. A: "How's John doing?" B: "He had a rough week of it with the flu, but he's on the mend now, thank God."See also: mend, onon the mendgetting better; becoming healthy again. I cared for my father while he was on the mend. I took a leave of absence from work while I was on the mend.See also: mend, onon the mendRecovering 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] See also: mend, onon the mend improving in health or condition; recovering.See also: mend, on on the mend Improving, especially in health.See also: mend, onMedicalSeemend |