gain weight

idiom

: to become heavier

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Stockpiles of ready-to-use therapeutic food, a dense, high-nutrition product specially designed to help children gain weight quickly, are running dangerously low or have run out in Mali, Nigeria, Niger and Chad, according to the U.N. agency. Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024 Pfizer believes this can improve appetite and enable patients to maintain and gain weight. Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2024 The simplest way to gain weight is to make dietary changes. Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 27 Sep. 2024 The film's director, Sean Ellis, said the movie was shot in reverse chronological order so Bloom could gain weight throughout the 25-day production. Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gain weight 

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“Gain weight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gain%20weight. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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