pick up the pieces (English, verb)
expansion: pick up the pieces (third-person singular simple present picks up the pieces, present participle picking up the pieces, simple past and past participle picked up the pieces)
Senses:
glosses: To restore one's life (or a given situation etc.) to a normal state, after a calamity, shock etc.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
Forms:
form: picks up the pieces
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: picking up the pieces
tags: participle
present
form: picked up the pieces
tags: participle
past
form: picked up the pieces
tags: past