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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.( \9 Q$ G; Q1 f$ ^- l1 e$ [' _
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7 B6 Y+ E& @) r, @( {6 k" O6 @' p10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.
( B6 j) o$ J$ n, w& Wb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend. $ g4 m( M8 ^/ y8 o+ J
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# ]+ Q& h+ O8 A( `* Z6 sI 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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