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CARRY A TORCH (FOR SOMEONE)

to be in love with someone, usually someone who does not love in return
 CARRY A TORCH (FOR SOMEONE)
1. Why don’t you find a new boyfriend? Don’t spend your life carrying a torch for someone who doesn’t love you anymore.
2. Sara will never remarry. She will always carry a torch for Henry.

The expression suggests that love is a flame in the heart.


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