carry a torch for

Meaning

1. carry a torch for sb

   to be in love with sb, especially sb who does not love you in return

In the movies · 5

• Well, I can see why you still carry the torch.We Bought a Zoo2011
• What am I to do when my father s dying wish was for me to carry his torchThe Interview2014
• When I carried such a torch, when we could've...Serenity2005
• and all the men standing up carrying torches!The King and I2018
• -We're gonna have to carry him. -Father Nutbag torched all the clues!Escape Room: Tournament of Champions2021

From the same entry

• be carried away
• carry all before you
• carry the ball
• carry the can
• carry the day
• carry too far
• as fast as your legs can carry you
• fetch and carry
• carry back
• carry forward
• carry off
• carry on