"get better" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-get better.ogg [Australia] Forms: gets better [present, singular, third-person], getting better [participle, present], got better [past], got better [UK, participle, past], gotten better [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> better}} get better (third-person singular simple present gets better, present participle getting better, simple past got better, past participle (UK) got better or (US) gotten better)
  1. (intransitive, literally) To improve. Tags: intransitive, literally Related terms: get the better of
    Sense id: en-get_better-en-verb-fbjr7Jlg
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To recover from illness or other incapacitation. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-get_better-en-verb-~5hN08IF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92

Inflected forms

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