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carry a torch

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carry a torch (for someone) and carry the torch (for someone)
Fig. to be in love with someone who is not in love with you; to brood over a hopeless love affair. John is carrying a torch for Jane. Is John still carrying a torch after all this time?
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Byline: By Lachlan Mackinnon SPORTS lovers can carry a torch for the Olympic Games by entering our exclusive competition.
CARRY THE OLYMPIC TORCH FOR SCOTLAND; One lucky Daily Record reader ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
It said a survey showed only five per cent of motorists carry a torch or food and drink in their car during cold weather.
Cool advice to drivers by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Carry A Torch is napped to concede the starts in the third where recent arrival Aubane Gael will take them along early but tends to tire late, whilst the Torch runs on bravely.
DOG RACING: TORCH TO SHINE by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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