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torch
(redirected from carries a torch for)

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carry a torch for someone (old-fashioned)
to secretly love someone who does not love you. Graeme's been carrying a torch for Linda for years.
See also: carry

pass the torch (to someone)
to give responsibility to someone. The president of the company announced his retirement, saying it was time to pass the torch to someone younger.
See also: pass


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1 -- 2) In County Galway, Steve Gunning, left, and John McKenna share brotherly bruises while Louise Lennon carries a torch for Jason McCune, below, in ``The Lonesome West'' at the Celtic Arts Center.
Tonight picks up where last season's cliffhanger left off: Lorelai is weighing Max's (Scott Cohen) marriage proposal, leaving Luke (Scott Patterson), the curt diner owner who everyone in town except Lorelai understands carries a torch for her, to lick his wounds in stoic silence.
Photo: Johnny Depp, on horseback, carries a torch for chorus girls Christina Ricci, left, and Cate Blanchett in ``The Man Who Cried.
 
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