Healing or getting well; improving in health. I broke my arm last month, so I've just been at home on the mend since then.A: "How's John doing?" B: "He had a rough week of it with the flu, but he's on the mend now, thank God."See also: mend, on
on the mend
getting better; becoming healthy again. I cared for my father while he was on the mend.I took a leave of absence from work while I was on the mend.See also: mend, on
on the mend
Recovering one's health, as in I heard you had the flu, but I'm glad to see you're on the mend. This idiom uses mend in the sense of "repair." [c. 1800] See also: mend, on
on the mend
improving in health or condition; recovering.See also: mend, on
on the mend
Improving, especially in health.See also: mend, onSee also:
How are you?
How's (it) with you?
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How's life (treating you)?
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healing, becoming healthy again Jake's had open-heart surgery, but he's on the mend.
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adj. phr. Healing; becoming better. John's broken leg is on the mend. Mary's relationship with Joan is on the mend.