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picks up the threads

picks up the threads is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 picks up the threads

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

Words near picks up the threads in the dictionary

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

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