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pass the torch

Idiom Education

Meaning

to hand over a duty or responsibility to someone else

Example Sentences

"After many years of teaching, the professor decided to pass the torch to a younger teacher."

Related Expressions

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Manage to survive or cope with difficulties.

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to move faster; to hurry up

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to delay taking action or making a response

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feeling extremely happy or successful

break up

to end a romantic relationship

phase out

to gradually stop using or providing something