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pick up the threads

pick up the threads verb: to resume an activity after an interruption; to pick up.

Verb

pick up the threads (third-person singular simple present picks up the threads, present participle picking up the threads, simple past and past participle picked up the threads)

  1. (idiomatic) To resume an activity after an interruption; to pick up.

Forms of pick up the threads

third-person singular presentpicks up the threads
present participlepicking up the threads
past participlepicked up the threads
pastpicked up the threads

Questions about pick up the threads

What does pick up the threads mean?
Pick up the threads means to resume an activity after an interruption; to pick up.
What part of speech is pick up the threads?
Pick up the threads is a verb.
What is the past tense of pick up the threads?
The past tense of pick up the threads is picked up the threads.

Words near pick up the threads in the dictionary

  1. pick up the pace
  2. pick up the phone
  3. pick up the pieces
  4. pick up the slack
  5. pick up the tab
  6. pick up the threads
  7. pick up the threads of
  8. pick up truck
  9. pick up trucks
  10. pick up what someone is laying down
  11. pick up what someone is putting down

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