pick up stitches
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Meaning · English
To resume or continue something that was stopped or left unfinished
Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt
Tiếp tục hoặc nối lại điều gì đó đã bị ngừng hoặc bỏ dở
Machine-translated — suggest a fix
Literally: to lift knitting stitches
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
After a few months, she picked up stitches on her abandoned project
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “pick up stitches” mean?
To resume or continue something that was stopped or left unfinished Literally: to lift knitting stitches
Is “pick up stitches” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.