heal of

heal (someone) of (something)

To cure someone of a particular ailment (named after "of"); to restore someone's health. My doctor seems to think that only a surgeon can heal me of this back pain. My mom swears by acupuncture and says it healed her of chronic migraines. A: "You still have pneumonia, all these months later?" B: "Yep. No doctor has figured out how to heal me of it!"

See also: heal, of

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heal someone of something

to cure someone's ailments. Are you the doctor who healed me of my wounds? Can any doctor heal us of a common cold?

See also: heal, of

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.