take a turn for the better

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

Verb

take a turn for the better (third-person singular simple present takes a turn for the better, present participle taking a turn for the better, simple past took a turn for the better, past participle taken a turn for the better)

1. (idiomatic) To start to become better; to improve.

Antonyms

• take a turn for the worse

Translations

start to become better

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 好轉／好转 (zh) (hǎozhuǎn)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kääntyä paremmaksi (fi)
• Japanese: 好転する
• Portuguese: mudar para melhor
• Russian: улучша́ться (ru) impf (ulučšátʹsja), улу́чшиться (ru) pf (ulúčšitʹsja)