pick up the threads of (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: To resume something that was paused or halted.
tags: transitive
glosses: To restart after a disaster or trauma.
tags: broadly
transitive
Forms:
form: picks up the threads of
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: picking up the threads of
tags: participle
present
form: picked up the threads of
tags: participle
past
form: picked up the threads of
tags: past
form: pick the threads of
tags: alternative