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Definition of "on the mend" []

  • Healing or recovering, as from an injury or illness. (phrase)
  • Improving or undergoing restoration to a previous, more favorable condition. (phrase)

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Use "on the mend" in a sentence
  • "I think if I really cleaned up my office it might be easier for me to finish the introduction, and if I finish the introduction I think I could call Roz with genuine confidence in my voice and tell her that yes, I’d been too much of a wallower in self-doubt but that things were on the mend and I wanted her to come back."