on the mend
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3.8
- idiom
- Make sure that you check with your health provider to make sure you are on the mend as well.
- the economy is on the mend
- still on the mend
- already on the mend
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Watch on YouTubeI feel so stupid, but I'm on the mend.
- I feel so stupid, but I'm on the mend.
- I'm out of that dark place there and I'm on the mend.
- Once we knew he was OK and he was on the mend and then he was going to be getting moved and be, you know, in in great hands.
Examples
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As of now, Ethan is on the mend and is actually doing a lot better.
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But, fingers crossed, everyone seems to be on the mend.
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So glad to hear that he is on the mend.
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And I do hope he is on the mend.
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I am still on the mend but slowly coming back into the land of the living.
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First of all, I'm very happy to hear that Jackie is on the mend.
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I hope your mom's on the mend.
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Now that Trent is on the mend, we can talk about moving forward with the show.
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Liberia is slowly on the mend, but we still have a long, long way to go.
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I'm glad to hear that your sister is on the mend after her surgery.
Synonyms
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3.2
Getting better after an illness or operation
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2.6
That helps the body or mind become healthy again
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Getting better after being worse
Antonyms
How Recovered
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'recovering' is directly derivable from the constituents: 'mend' (to regain health or be repaired) combined with the locative/state marker 'on' yields a clear ongoing-state meaning. This is a standard English pattern (e.g., 'on the rise', 'on the way') and would be comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows the words.
Etymology
On the mend comes from the old sense of mend meaning 'to repair' or 'to heal'. Imagine a torn shirt on a table being sewn back together — it is literally on the mend, so the phrase now means 'getting better' for people, injuries, or things like a business.