paid ones dues (verb) amend: improve, correct
Detalii: when you amend a text, you change it - usually for the better and when you emend a text, you simply correct the mistakes; whereas one can amend various aspects of conduct or behavior, emend is used if the issue at hand is that of a manuscript, speech, or literary product
Sinonime: apathetic, cool, indifferent, lackadaisical,
languid, lukewarm,
perfunctory, spiritless, tepid, unexcited, uninterested
Antonime: enthusiastic,
keen