"pick up the mantle" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: picks up the mantle [present, singular, third-person], picking up the mantle [participle, present], picked up the mantle [participle, past], picked up the mantle [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=pick up the mantle}} pick up the mantle (third-person singular simple present picks up the mantle, present participle picking up the mantle, simple past and past participle picked up the mantle)
  1. Synonym of assume the mantle. Synonyms: assume the mantle [synonym, synonym-of], assume the mantle, take up the mantle Related terms: carry the mantle
    Sense id: en-pick_up_the_mantle-en-verb-9ApHfA0T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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