heal up

Get well again

To heal up is to recover from injury or illness, with the "up" emphasizing completion of the process: Give it a few weeks to heal up.

The phrase suggests reaching full recovery rather than partial improvement.

It applies to wounds, broken bones, surgical incisions, and figuratively to emotional hurts: Time helped the old grudges heal up.

Related

knit · cure · granulate · regenerate · recover · wound care · scar tissue · forgive · recuperate · restore · good as new · console · pull through · bounce back · repair · reconcile · make amends · rehabilitate

Opposites
physical recovery trajectory

heal upworsen

Become more severe

deteriorate · decline · degenerate · fester · go downhill

intentional harm vs. restoration

heal upwound

Coiled, or an injury

injure · hurt · damage · harm · maim

wound/injury state progression

heal upopen up

Reveal inner thoughts

reopen · rupture · break open · split open · ulcerate

Family

up, health, healthy, heal, healing, unhealthy, healed, healer, heals

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G