take up the mantle

verb

Synonym of assume the mantle.

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Meanings

verbtake 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)

present singular third person takes up the mantle · participle present taking up the mantle · past took up the mantle · participle past 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

    Synonyms: assume the mantle, assume the mantle, pick up the mantle

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of assume the mantle.

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assume the mantleassume the mantlepick up the mantle
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assume the mantlepick up the mantle
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APA

take up the mantle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20up%20the%20mantle

MLA

“take up the mantle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20up%20the%20mantle. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take up the mantle,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20up%20the%20mantle.

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