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took up the mantle

took up the mantle is the simple past 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 took up the mantle

What is took up the mantle the simple past of?
Took up the mantle is the simple past of take up the mantle.

Words near took up the mantle in the dictionary

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

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