idiom · neutral

nurse back to health

UK/nɜːs bæk tə hɛlθ/US/nɜːrs bæk tə hɛlθ/NURSE·back·to·HEALTH

speakingtask2

to take care of someone so that they recover from illness or injury

Examples

“They nursed him back to health after the accident.”

“She nursed her mother back to health over several months.”

“Volunteers nursed the injured back to health after the earthquake.”

Band 8 sentence

“After a severe bout of pneumonia, neighbours helped nurse him back to health over several months.”

Collocations

  • nurse someone back to health
  • nurse back to health over weeks/months

Word family

nurse back to health phrasal verbnurse someone back to health phrasal verb

Common mistakes

nurse to health→nurse back to health

nurse someone health→nurse someone back to health

Say it for a higher band

5help someone recover→6take care of someone until they recover→7+nurse back to health

Synonyms

care for

bring someone back to health

Easily confused

care for

“She cared for her grandmother during the winter.”

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