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pass the torch

idiom
Meaning

To transfer responsibility.


Examples
SIMPLE

The manager will pass the torch to her assistant next month.

CONTEXTUAL

After thirty years of running the family business, the owner decided it was time to pass the torch to his daughter.

COMPLEX

The retiring professor prepared to pass the torch to his most promising student, trusting her to continue his life's work with the same dedication.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    carry a torch

    To love or to be romantically infatuated with, especially when such feelings are not reciprocated.

  2. 02

    come to pass

    To happen; to occur.

  3. 03

    hard pass

    An unequivocal rejection with no possibility of a later change of mind.

  4. 04

    let this cup pass from me

    An appeal to God or another authority to take away one's present or future suffering.

  5. 05

    pass away

    To die.

  6. 06

    pass muster

    To meet or exceed a particular standard.

  7. 07

    pass on

    To die.

  8. 08

    pass the bottle of smoke

    To acquiesce in some falsehood; to make pretence.

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