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gen. pick up the torch (alemaster); take up the baton (The New Labour government in the United Kingdom has taken up the baton Rewesa_rule); pick up (where somebody/something left off. Мы считаем, что в 2015 году коммуникация должна сохранить преемственность с кампанией 2014 года с точки зрения выбранной темы = We believe that in 2015 communication must pick up where the 2014 campaign left off and stay on the message. I think he wants us to pick up where he left off. You know, saving people, hunting things. The family business. imdb.com Alexander Demidov); take up the mantle of (6Grimmjow6)
fig. maintain someone's tradition (у кого-либо); take up the torch from (someone); у кого-либо); pick up the baton (В Кантемировском районе полицейские приняли эстафету акции "Зарядка со стражем порядка". SirReal)
fig.of.sp. step into one's shoes (Vadim Rouminsky)
Makarov., fig. pick up the baton from (от)
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gen. pick up the slack (The metaphor comes from the notion of a piece of rope attached to something at one end but lying slack on the ground. So to pick up the slack would be to pull the rope tight. Vic_Ber)
принять эстафету: 3 phrases in 2 subjects
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