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pick up the threads of

pick up the threads of verb: to resume something that was paused or halted.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To resume something that was paused or halted.
  2. (broadly, transitive) To restart after a disaster or trauma.

Forms of pick up the threads of

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

Questions about pick up the threads of

What does pick up the threads of mean?
Pick up the threads of means to resume something that was paused or halted.
What part of speech is pick up the threads of?
Pick up the threads of is a verb.
What is the past tense of pick up the threads of?
The past tense of pick up the threads of is picked up the threads of.

Words near pick up the threads of in the dictionary

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

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