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Online Dicationary explains as follows:
3 A* o; E# n; O4 i1 M W5 r10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness. & e, t0 s! }) q$ k
b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.
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0 h+ ]7 G' k$ x2 r k; f" XI learned this on the cartoon The Simpson's, when Bart faked the sickness to avoid another failuer in his Grade 4 tests that would qualify him for moving foward to Grade 5. |
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