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gets better

gets better is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get better.

Meaning of get better

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)

  1. (intransitive, literally) To improve.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) 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)

Questions about gets better

What is gets better the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets better is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get better.

Words near gets better in the dictionary

  1. gets back at
  2. gets back on the horse that bucked one
  3. gets back to
  4. gets behind
  5. gets bent out of shape
  6. gets better
  7. gets between
  8. gets blood from a stone
  9. gets blood from a turnip
  10. gets blood out of a stone
  11. gets busy

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