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picking up the threads

picking up the threads is the present participle and gerund of pick up the threads.

Meaning of pick up the threads

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.

Questions about picking up the threads

What is picking up the threads the present participle and gerund of?
Picking up the threads is the present participle and gerund of pick up the threads.

Words near picking up the threads in the dictionary

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

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