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passing the mantle

passing the mantle is the present participle and gerund of pass the mantle.

Meaning of pass the mantle

Verb

pass the mantle (third-person singular simple present passes the mantle, present participle passing the mantle, simple past and past participle passed the mantle)

  1. To transfer authority to the next in line; pass the torch.
    • In contrast, there are a few noteworthy examples of intentional multigenerational projects, in which the senior ethnographers pass the mantle, as it were, to new researchers who then take responsibility to sustain the project into the future.2002, Robert V. Kemper, Anya Peterson Royce, Chronicling Cultures: Long-term Field Research in Anthropology

Questions about passing the mantle

What is passing the mantle the present participle and gerund of?
Passing the mantle is the present participle and gerund of pass the mantle.

Words near passing the mantle in the dictionary

  1. passing the bar
  2. passing the baton
  3. passing the bottle of smoke
  4. passing the buck
  5. passing the hat
  6. passing the mantle
  7. passing the phone
  8. passing the pikes
  9. passing the river
  10. passing the time
  11. passing the time of day

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