on (your/its) feet

feeling better or being in better condition.

He's the one who put the company on its feet again.

Usage notes: often used in the form back on your feet:

After his mother died, it took him a few months to get back on his feet.

• someone's other half
• someone's party piece
• someone's paths cross
• someone's pet hate
• someone's place in the sun
• someone's right-hand man
• someone's right-hand woman
• someone's stamping ground
• someone's stomping ground
• someone's time is up
• someone's word is law
• someone will be along
• someone will go a long way
• someone won't bite
• someone would not be caught dead
• something and a half
• something be damned
• something can't hold a candle to someone else
• something can't hold a candle to something else
• something comes into head
• something comes into your head
• something else
• something falls on deaf ears
• something from hell
• something goes for