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taken up the mantle

taken up the mantle is the past participle of take up the mantle.

Meaning of take up 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

Questions about taken up the mantle

What is taken up the mantle the past participle of?
Taken up the mantle is the past participle of take up the mantle.

Words near taken up the mantle in the dictionary

  1. taken up the cudgel for
  2. taken up the cudgels
  3. taken up the gantlet
  4. taken up the gauntlet
  5. taken up the hatchet
  6. taken up the mantle
  7. taken up the slack
  8. taken up with
  9. taken upon oneself
  10. taken water
  11. taken with

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