Usually means: Resume activity after an interruption.
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  1. pick up the threads: Merriam-Webster
  2. pick up the threads: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pick up the threads: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (pick up the threads)

verb:  (idiomatic) To resume an activity after an interruption; to pick up.

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