English

Verb

take up the mantle ‎(third-person singular simple present takes up the mantle, present participle taking up the mantle, simple past and past participle took 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 9780670916764, page 27:

     Educators took up this mantle enthusiastically.