get well

verb

To recover from an illness or injury.

“With a single blockbuster, the studio got well.”

Similar
get overbounce back
Opposite
get worse
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Meanings

verbget well (third-person singular simple present gets well, present participle getting well, simple past got well, past participle (UK) got well or (US) gotten well)

present singular third person gets well · participle present getting well · past got well · UK participle past got well · US participle past gotten well

  1. idiomaticTo recover from an illness or injury.
  2. idiomaticbusinessTo recover from financial straits.

    With a single blockbuster, the studio got well.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbimprove in health

Similar
get overbounce back
Opposite
get worse
Broader
betterimproveameliorate
Also see
bounce backget over

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Dutch beterschap
  • beterschapto recover from illness or injury
Latin sanescō
  • sanescōto recover from illness or injury
Romanian se face bine
  • se face bineto recover from illness or injury
Russian поправля́ться, попра́виться
  • поправля́ться (popravljátʹsja)to recover from illness or injury
  • попра́виться (poprávitʹsja)to recover from illness or injury
Cite this entry
APA

get well. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20well

MLA

“get well.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20well. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get well,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20well.

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