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picks up stitches

picks up stitches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pick up stitches.

Meaning of pick up stitches

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To add stitches to the knitting needle that were previously bound off, or that belong to the selvage, during the process of knitting or entrelac.

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Questions about picks up stitches

What is picks up stitches the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Picks up stitches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pick up stitches.

Words near picks up stitches in the dictionary

  1. picks up
  2. picks up on
  3. picks up one's crumbs
  4. picks up one's marbles and goes home
  5. picks up steam
  6. picks up stitches
  7. picks up the ball and runs with it
  8. picks up the mantle
  9. picks up the pace
  10. picks up the phone
  11. picks up the pieces

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