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put the roses (back) into sb's cheeks
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(Definition of put the roses (back) into sb's cheeks from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Recovering from illness
Synonyms and related words:
- be on the mend idiom
- bounce back phrasal verb
- come round phrasal verb (BECOME CONSCIOUS)
- convalesce verb
- convalescence noun
- correct verb
- corrective adjective
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