nurse through
nurse (someone or something) through (something)
To give close medical care and attention to someone or an animal through a particularly dangerous or difficult period of ill health. My mother never left my side when I decided to give up heroin for good, nursing me through the most awful part of the withdrawal. I nursed my wife through three rounds of cancer treatment, so don't you dare tell me that I don't understand what suffering looks like.
See also: nurse, through
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
nurse someone through (something)
to care for a sick person during the worst part of a sickness or recovery. There was no one there to nurse him through the worst part of his illness. It was a horrible ordeal, but John nursed her through.
See also: nurse, through
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- dig (someone or oneself) out of a hole
- be taken ill
- take ill
- fall ill
- for good or ill
- bottleache
- somehow
- bode ill for (someone or something)
- bode somehow for
- bode well/ill