heal up
B1 informal inseparable intransitive
In simple words
For a wound or injured part of your body to get better completely.
Literal meaning: To heal all the way up (completely).
Meanings
1 B1 informal
(of a wound, sore, or injury) To recover fully and return to a healthy state.
"The doctor said the broken bone should heal up nicely within six weeks."
Grammar: inseparable
2 B1 informal
(of a person) To recover from an illness or injury.
"'How's your ankle?' 'It's healing up really well — I'll be back at training next week.'"
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Conversational and informal. Very commonly used when asking about or describing recovery from cuts, breaks, sprains, and similar physical injuries. The 'up' particle adds a sense of completion — the healing is done or nearly done.
Commonly used with
nicely quickly slowly well completely wound injury
Forms
Base
heal up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
heals up
he/she/it
Past simple
healed up
yesterday
Past participle
healed up
have + pp
-ing form
healing up
continuous
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