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got well

got well is the simple past and past participle of get well.

Meaning of get well

Verb

get 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)

  1. (idiomatic) To recover from an illness or injury.
  2. (idiomatic) To recover from financial straits.
    • With a single blockbuster, the studio got well.

Questions about got well

What is got well the simple past and past participle of?
Got well is the simple past and past participle of get well.

Words near got well in the dictionary

  1. got up in someone's grill
  2. got up into
  3. got up to
  4. got up with the chickens
  5. got wasted
  6. got well
  7. got wet
  8. got what one asked for
  9. got what was coming to one
  10. got wind
  11. got wind in one's jaws

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