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take up the mantle

take up the mantle verb: synonym of assume the mantle.

Verb

take up the mantle (third-person singular simple present takes up the mantle, present participle taking up the mantle, simple past took up the mantle, past participle taken up the mantle)

  1. Synonym of assume the mantle.
    • Educators took up this mantle enthusiastically.1994, Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, →ISBN, page 27

Synonyms of take up the mantle

Forms of take up the mantle

third-person singular presenttakes up the mantle
present participletaking up the mantle
pasttook up the mantle
past participletaken up the mantle

Questions about take up the mantle

What does take up the mantle mean?
Take up the mantle means synonym of assume the mantle.
What part of speech is take up the mantle?
Take up the mantle is a verb.
What is the past tense of take up the mantle?
The past tense of take up the mantle is took up the mantle.

Words near take up the mantle in the dictionary

  1. take up the cudgels
  2. take up the gantlet
  3. take up the gauntlet
  4. take up the glove
  5. take up the hatchet
  6. take up the mantle
  7. take up the running
  8. take up the slack
  9. take up with
  10. take upon oneself
  11. take ups

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