take up the mantle en · VERB
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| took up the mantle | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| taking up the mantle | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| taken up the mantle | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| takes up the mantle | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |