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"picked up the thread" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to resume a conversation or discussion that had been previously interrupted or to continue a series of events that had been paused. It can also be used figuratively to mean to regain one's focus or understanding. Example: After a long pause, Sarah picked up the thread of their conversation and continued telling her friend about her trip abroad. Example: The team had a tough start to the season, but they picked up the thread in the second half and managed to secure a win.
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Movies have also picked up the thread.
More recently, the orchestra picked up the thread of the 2000 festival.
Robert leapt in and picked up the thread of the conversation for me.
Jerry Gonzalez set up the staccato, syncopated melody on fluegelhorn, and the others quickly picked up the thread.
Parts of the detainee's story eventually appeared in Le Monde, but prosecutors have not picked up the thread.
After each outburst, the lawyers picked up the thread of their conversation, almost as if the outbursts had not occurred.
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"Maybe, you could do that, but" Bobby picks up the thread.
Ash picks up the thread: "Politics is a tool to solve a situation at one moment.
The roses soon bloom again on her cheeks, and she picks up the thread of her mostly privileged history again.
It feels impertinent to press him again on his intimate life, but he picks up the thread.
Now... .. Kim picks up the thread: "You know you're old when you don't give a fuck".
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