"pick up the threads" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: picks up the threads [present, singular, third-person], picking up the threads [participle, present], picked up the threads [participle, past], picked up the threads [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-pick_up_the_threads-en-verb-LYxg9hQX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "picks up the threads",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "picking up the threads",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "picked up the threads",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "picked up the threads",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To resume an activity after an interruption; to pick up."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick_up_the_threads-en-verb-LYxg9hQX",
      "links": [
        [
          "resume",
          "resume"
        ],
        [
          "interruption",
          "interruption"
        ],
        [
          "pick up",
          "pick up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To resume an activity after an interruption; to pick up."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pick up the threads"
}

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    {
      "form": "picks up the threads",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "picking up the threads",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "picked up the threads",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "picked up the threads",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To resume an activity after an interruption; to pick up."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "resume",
          "resume"
        ],
        [
          "interruption",
          "interruption"
        ],
        [
          "pick up",
          "pick up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To resume an activity after an interruption; to pick up."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pick up the threads"
}

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