what is { Carry the torch } ?
"He's been carrying the torch for Julie since their college days, before she
married Ted."

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what is { Carry the torch } ?
"He's been carrying the torch for Julie since their college days, before she
  married Ted."

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Feelings of love.
"Be faithful to a cause or a person; believe strongly in".

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'Carry the torch for someone' is an idiom meaning 'to be in love with someone who is not in love with you.'

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to secretly love someone who does not love you.
 Nidal's been carrying a torch for Safaa for years. :))

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it means  to be in love with someone who is not in love with you; to brood over a hopeless love affair.

cowboy...

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This is true love