All 8 Uses
relapse
in
The DUFF: (Designated Ugly Fat Friend)
(Edited)
- He never would have relapsed if he hadn't seen those stupid papers.
p. 61.1relapsed = returned to an undesirable previous condition
- If the relapse was over.
p. 87.8relapse = return to an undesirable previous condition
- Did relapses work that way?
p. 87.8relapses = returns to an undesirable previous condition
- For that night he'd relapsed.
p. 126.9relapsed = returned to an undesirable previous condition
- She didn't cause that relapse.
p. 126.9relapse = return to an undesirable previous condition
- I hadn't mentioned his relapse to her, mostly since it had passed without any significant drama.
p. 127.7
- By the way she spoke, I could tell she had no idea he'd relapsed, that he'd touched a bottle.
p. 144.8 *relapsed = begun drinking again
- She didn't know about Dad's relapse, or the way Wesley had stood up for me.
p. 219.2relapse = return to an undesirable previous condition
Definitions:
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(1)
(relapse) to return to an undesirable previous condition -- especially illness, addiction, or bad behavior
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)