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  • "Administers" isn't idiomatic (or clear) in the sense that you're using it here. I think you mean something along the lines of "works to improve" or "shapes up"... Commented Nov 8, 2018 at 17:06
  • @Laurel, exactly, I mean 'works to improve'. So can you please suggest a single-worded verb for it? Commented Nov 8, 2018 at 17:08
  • "single-worded verb" or proverb? How do you like the answer below? "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again" Commented Nov 8, 2018 at 18:20
  • "Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward" - Vernon Sanders Law Commented Nov 8, 2018 at 19:24
  • @Zebrafish, I was requesting single-worded verb substitute to the verb administer which I misused in title and the body of my question. Overall, I am surely requesting a proverb here, nether verb and nor any idiom. Commented Nov 9, 2018 at 2:30