"on the mend" meaning in English

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          "text": "My foot is on the mend but it still hurts to walk.",
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          "text": "His neighbours somehow rescued him after he was shot in the face and back, and he is on the mend after life-saving surgery.",
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        "Healing or recovering, as from an injury or illness."
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        "(of persons and their health) Healing or recovering, as from an injury or illness."
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          "sense": "Healing or recovering",
          "word": "gyógyulófélben"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Healing or recovering",
          "word": "in via di guarigione"
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        "(figurative, of situations or things) Improving or undergoing restoration to a previous, more favorable condition."
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          "sense": "Improving",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Healing or recovering",
      "word": "gyógyulófélben"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "Healing or recovering",
      "word": "in via di guarigione"
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      "sense": "Improving",
      "word": "in netto miglioramento"
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