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pick up the threads of

pick up the threads of something

to try to start something again, especially after problems prevented you from continuing it In '97, I came out of prison and tried to pick up the threads of my life.
See also: of, pick, thread, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ahava-Hebrew
Kearns[kɜ:nz]
LemuelLEM-yoo-əl (English)Biblical, Mormon, Biblical Hebrew
Erikae-REE-kah (Swedish, Norwegian), E-ree-kah (Finnish, German), ER-i-kə (English)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, English, Italian
Scilla-Italian
Ara-Armenian, Armenian Mythology
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