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pick oneself up off the floor en · VERB

Meanings

1. (figuratively) To resume normal activities after a period of being incapacitated by grief or circumstances.
   • There will be a time when you need to pick yourself up off the floor and get moving, but that time is not right away. If you did not let yourself have a time to grieve, you would cripple the sadness and loss within you, stifling the natural healing and your ability to progressively repair. 2012, Lisa Cypers Kamen, Harvesting Happiness for Heroes:
   • How do you pick yourself up off the floor when you feel so stuck? 2017, Jon Hershfield, Shala Nicely, Everyday Mindfulness for OCD:
   • Now, pick yourself up off the floor and be a man about it. 2016, B.J. Scott, The Connected Seven, page 10:
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pick up, off, floor.
   • More maniacal laughter ensued as John quickly picked himself up off the floor and scooted on hands and knees back to a sitting position against the rough stone face. 2013, Erik Yeager, The Narrow Road: A Pilgrim's Progress, page 89:

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Relateds

pull oneself together · turn one's life around

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