get better
get better verb: to improve.
Verb
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)
- To improve.
- To recover from illness or other incapacitation.
- [Sir Bedevere]: What makes you think she's a witch?
[Peasant]: Well, she turned me into a newt!
[Sir Bedevere]: A newt?
[Peasant]: ... I got better.1975 from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (quotes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail on Wikiquote) - I wrote a song about getting better / It's a feeling I can't remember / Arf, arf / Counting worms2016 September 16, “Counting Worms”, in Laugh Tracks (Hardcore Punk, Metalcore), performed by Knocked Loose
- [Sir Bedevere]: What makes you think she's a witch?
get better meaning in Tamil
get better in Tamil
- தேறு
Forms of get better
| third-person singular present | gets better |
|---|---|
| present participle | getting better |
| past | got better |
| past participle UK | got better |
| past participle US | gotten better |
Questions about get better
- What does get better mean?
- Get better means to improve.
- What is get better in Tamil?
- Get better in Tamil is தேறு. See Get better meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is get better?
- Get better is a verb.
- What is the past tense of get better?
- The past tense of get better is got better.
Words near get better in the dictionary
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