• advance, amelioration, betterment, pick-up
• to be on the road to recovery
• improvements in many directions
• improvements in many directions
• to ameliorate, to amend, to amend one's way of life, to improve, to mend, to reform, to settle down, to take a pull, to take up
• decided alteration for the better
• decided alteration for the better, distinct improvement
• his fortunes are on the rise