carry the torch
US /ˈkæri ðə ˈtɔrtʃ/
・UK /ˈkæri ðə ˈtɔ:tʃ/
B2
idm.To continue or uphold a tradition or cause.
She carries the torch for civil rights in her community.
idm.To be in love with someone, especially if unreciprocated.
He still carries the torch for his first love after many years.
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Top 10 Facts About The Fantastic Four 2005
- Ironically, though, his popularity burned bright and fast, which later allowed for a new hero to carry the torch.
Ironically, though, his popularity burned bright and fast, which later allowed for a new hero to carry the torch.
- Ironically, though, his popularity burned bright and fast, which later allowed for a new hero to carry the torch.
Ironically, though, his popularity burned bright and fast, which later allowed for a new hero to carry the torch.
CBS News shifts rating of South Carolina Senate race for Lindsey Graham's old seat
- It's someone who has basically pitched that, "I will carry the torch for my brother," but as long ago as this summer in August, in a debate when she was asked a question about Taiwan and the South China Sea, she said, "Foreign policy is not really my thing." So it's difficult to make a pitch that you're going to carry the mantle for a senator who is well known for his foreign policy, if not expertise, at least interest, at least extreme fascination with it.
It's someone who has basically pitched that, "I will carry the torch for my brother," but as long ago as this summer in August, in a debate when she was asked a question about Taiwan and the South China Sea, she said, "Foreign policy is not really my thing." So it's difficult to make a pitch that you're going to carry the mantle for a senator who is well known for his foreign policy, if not expertise, at least interest, at least extreme fascination with it.
Very Different Approaches | March 8, 2021
- What's fascinating is that the woman you're about to meet, who is set to carry the torch for this year's Games in Japan, was in her thirties when the 1936 games took place.
What's fascinating is that the woman you're about to meet, who is set to carry the torch for this year's Games in Japan, was in her thirties when the 1936 games took place.
- As it stands now, Tanaka will carry the torch on May 11th in Fukuoka, and she's currently listed by Guinness as the third oldest person to ever live.
As it stands now, Tanaka will carry the torch on May 11th in Fukuoka, and she's currently listed by Guinness as the third oldest person to ever live.