pick up the pieces
C2 to try to return to a satisfactory situation:
The fire was a blow, but we were determined to pick up the pieces and get the business back on its feet.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Starting again
- back
- back to square one idiom
- continue
- get back to sth
- go
- go back to sth
- go on
- pick
- pick sth up
- pick up on sth
- pick sth up
- reborn
- recreation
- renew
- reopen
- restart
- resume
- start
- start over
- with the slate wiped clean idiom
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