"pick oneself up off the floor" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: picks oneself up off the floor [present, singular, third-person], picking oneself up off the floor [participle, present], picked oneself up off the floor [participle, past], picked oneself up off the floor [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pick oneself up off the floor (third-person singular simple present picks oneself up off the floor, present participle picking oneself up off the floor, simple past and past participle picked oneself up off the floor)
  1. (figuratively) To resume normal activities after a period of being incapacitated by grief or circumstances. Tags: figuratively Translations (Translations): ryhdistäytyä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-pick_oneself_up_off_the_floor-en-verb-6YPTkMfT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 68 32
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pick up, off, floor. Related terms: pull oneself together, turn one's life around
    Sense id: en-pick_oneself_up_off_the_floor-en-verb-gRO1~omO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54

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