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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.

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It's the philosophers, it's the scholars," he continued, "they're the people who pass the torch, who keep the light burning by which we live. The Voyage Out by Woolf, Virginia View in context More results

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