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takes up the mantle

takes up the mantle is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 takes up the mantle

What is takes up the mantle the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Takes up the mantle is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take up the mantle.

Words near takes up the mantle in the dictionary

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

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