mantle
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6.7
- noun
- /ˈmæntəl/
- Formal
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cargo
- So if I, I am willing to take up that mantle with you and say that our obligation is to help people progress.
- take the mantle
- the mantle of leadership
- assume the mantle
I will gladly accept the mantle of anger.
- I will gladly accept the mantle of anger.
- And he, he's now president and he's, he's wearing this mantle.
- And you're discussing things as a team who takes that mantle now?
- So if I, I am willing to take up that mantle with you and say that our obligation is to help people progress.
- So it's not, you know, it is important, but what you see is Paul being this guy who shouldered the mantle of of being responsible for getting stuff done.
- And it's, it's basically what I heard when I was back there last week was a great leader, knows when it's time to pass the mantle.
- And we've experienced that to the point where like I'm a government hack, I'm a prosecutor, like I carry that mantle, right.
- You know, I always, you know, took that mantle of, you know, even when dad passed that I, you know, whatever you need, I'm here.
- My point being, Trump was able to take that mantle of being, you know, the anti war person, the anti war candidate.
- Death is going to take on the mantle of the Hog Father and learn all sorts of things about children, about presents, about the mechanics of how things work.
Examples
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Mahbubani suggests China, which should eventually take over the mantle of global leadership from America.
Academic text (2009) -
And now, because your friend murdered my father... I also wear the mantle of king.
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I must take the mantle back.
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It's dangerous for a father to pass that mantle.
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You really took up the mantle of leadership with your own advocacy.
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Thus, what might otherwise be a private matter takes on the mantle of public scrutiny.
Academic text (2003) -
The current Bush administration has picked up the mantle of Reagan's commitment to using the courts for change.
Academic text (2003) -
Half meta-human, she has taken up her father's mantle, and under cover of the night, fights to protect the innocent and helpless.
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Two candidates claimed the progressive mantle in 1912: Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.
Academic text (2013) -
After his father retired, he was ready to take on the mantle of leadership in the family business.
Synonyms
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5.8
A short thin stick carried by an official to show their authority
A layer that surrounds something, for example the hot rock under Earth's crust or a cover of clouds
Antonyms
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Compounds
- Specialized
Layer of grey brain cells that forms the outer part and handles thinking and senses
- Specialized
A deep, solid layer inside the Earth above the outer core, about 660 to 2,900 km below the surface
How Authoritative
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word mantle comes from Old French mantel and Latin mantellum, meaning 'cloak', an item often worn by leaders. So to take the 'mantle' of leadership is to take on their role and responsibility, like putting on a leader's cloak.