take up the mantle

English

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