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time heals

time heals is the ellipsis of time heals all wounds.

Meaning of time heals all wounds

Proverb

time heals all wounds

  1. Negative feelings eventually fade away.
    • “We quarrelled long ago, did we not, and many years have passed since we met, but Time heals all wounds and—welcome, son of my father. I need not ask if you are well,” and he glanced enviously at the great-framed man who knelt before him.1910, H[enry] Rider Haggard, chapter II, in Morning Star

Questions about time heals

What is time heals the ellipsis of?
Time heals is the ellipsis of time heals all wounds.

Words near time heals in the dictionary

  1. time graphers
  2. time gun
  3. time guns
  4. time hangs heavily
  5. time hangs heavy
  6. time heals
  7. time heals all hurts
  8. time heals all sorrows
  9. time heals all things
  10. time heals all wounds
  11. time heals every wound

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