pick (sth) up
— phrasal verb with pick /pɪk/ verbDefinition
› to start something again after an interruption: The author picks the same theme up again on page ten. After lunch shall we pick up where we left off yesterday?Starting againStarting and beginning
(Definition of pick (sth) up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- back to square one idiom
- continue verb
- get back to sth phrasal verb
- go back to sth phrasal verb
- go on phrasal verb (TALK AGAIN)
- pick up on sth phrasal verb (RETURN)
- pick up the pieces idiom
- pick up the thread(s) idiom
- recreation noun (MAKE AGAIN)
- renew verb (REPEAT)
- reopen verb
- restart verb
- resume verb
- resumption noun
- start over phrasal verb
- with the slate wiped clean idiom
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