take a turn for the better

to start to improve; to start to get well. She was very sick for a month; then suddenly she took a turn for the better. Things are taking a turn for the better at my store. I may make a profit this year.

take a turn for the better

Improve, as in We thought she was on her deathbed but now she's taken a turn for the better. The antonym is take a turn for the worse, meaning "get worse, deteriorate," as in Unemployment has been fairly low lately, but now the economy's taken a turn for the worse . This idiom employs turn in the sense of "a reversal," a usage dating from about 1600.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Shireen	-	Persian
Asgeir	-	Norwegian
LaimutĖ	-	Lithuanian
Evangeline	[i'vændʒili:n]
Erato	-	Greek Mythology
Corin	-	French