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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.
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8 ] B0 y4 y2 Z9 o* E10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness. 5 m% ~" d' }& G9 e
b. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.
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, e/ p1 M) m. T% _I 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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