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Discover LudwigThe phrase "had a relapse" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation in which a person or animal has experienced a return of symptoms of a condition they had previously been recovering from. For example, "John had been doing so well since his treatment for alcoholism had started, but then he had a relapse and started drinking again."
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I nearly had a relapse.
In February, Benjamin had a relapse.
"I've had a relapse … My symptoms are getting worse.
"We've had a relapse or two," Kim says.
But last May, Ms. Jenkinson had a relapse.
I had the measles, and have had a relapse".
Within a few months of his return from Lausanne, Eliot had a relapse.
All had a relapse for a few hours from rational behaviour.
After abandoning drugs for a time, she said, she had a relapse in her 30's.
And Anna, 2, had a relapse and had to return briefly to the hospital.
By the end of December, his season unraveled when he had a relapse.
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