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Absence makes the heart grow fonder

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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Prov. You will like someone or something better if that person or thing is far away. Ever since Carla's boyfriend moved away, she can't stop thinking about him. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
See also: absence, grow, heart, make

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
something that you say which means being apart from someone that you love makes you love them even more 'My boyfriend's going to South America and I won't see him for six months.' 'Ah well, absence makes the heart grow fonder.'
See also: absence, grow, heart, make


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Disappointed by the return of her lover, the film's protagonist, Anna, takes an old adage to its logical conclusion: If absence makes the heart grow fonder, then why get back together again?
 
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