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pick something back up
start an activity again
To start doing an activity again after stopping it for some time.
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I stopped for a few months, but I might pick it back up.
I am thinking of picking yoga back up after the holidays.
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Not: pick back something up
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With a pronoun, put it between “pick” and “back up”: “pick it back up.”
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How it fits in a sentence.
pick something back up; pick it back up; picked something back up
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I am thinking of picking yoga back up after the holidays.
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pick something back up
start an activity again
“I am thinking of picking yoga back up after the holidays.”
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