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Phrase(s): nurse someone or an animal along
to aid or encourage the well-being or return to health of someone or an animal. (See also nurse something along.) • She nursed the old man along for a few years until he died. • She nursed along the invalid. • The vet nursed the horse along for the rest of the night. • He nursed himself along with chicken noodle soup and hot baths until the virus ran its course., Phrase(s): nurse something along
Fig. to manage something with care and thrift. (See also nurse someone or an animal along.) • The board of directors agreed to nurse the firm along for a while and then sell it. • She nursed along the failing business until it was showing a profit.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs