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What does 'Carry a torch' mean?
To continue to have strong feelings of love for someone, especially when they are not reciprocated.
What is the origion of 'Carry a torch'?
The phrase 'carry a torch' comes from the metaphor of holding a lighted torch for someone, symbolizing enduring affection or unrequited love. It has been used in this sense since at least the 1920s.
Emoji meanings
- represents 'carry'
indicating someone moving or bearing something
represents 'a torch'symbolizing light or
metaphorically
an enduring emotion or memory
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