carry a torch (English, verb)
expansion: carry a torch (third-person singular simple present carries a torch, present participle carrying a torch, simple past and past participle carried a torch)
Senses:
glosses: To love or to be romantically infatuated with, especially when such feelings are not reciprocated.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: carries a torch
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: carrying a torch
tags: participle
present
form: carried a torch
tags: participle
past
form: carried a torch
tags: past
form: carry the torch
tags: alternative