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Collocations for "torch"

Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "torch" in context.

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torch

n

carry the Olympic torch
lit a torch on the wall
lit a torch to [read, find her way]
was carrying a torch
a burning torch
put the [town, house] to the torch
put the torch to the [town]
UK: [an electric, a handheld, an LED] torch
UK: the torch has run out of batteries
lit the [propane, welding, butane] torch
the torch of [learning, wisdom, freedom]
idiom: has always carried a torch for her

v

torch a [house, warehouse, building]
torched by [rioters, arsonists, vandals]

n as adj

the Olympic torch relay

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'torch' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

bearer - gleam - light - relay - shining

Forum discussions with the word(s) "torch" in the title:

a torch - English Only forum
A torch that lights up the dark space of the cosmos - English Only forum
blow torch? - English Only forum
British English for "torch" (in the US sense) - English Only forum
burned like a brand. Torch or mark? - English Only forum
by way of a torch - English Only forum
Can we say "torch relay and relay the torch"? - English Only forum
cannon=torch? - English Only forum
carry a torch for someone - English Only forum
carry the torch - English Only forum
catching in the torch beam - English Only forum
Did she take her torch? - English Only forum
Did you guys bring your torch (light/lights)? - English Only forum
do you switch on/light a torch? - English Only forum
drill and torch-resistant material - English Only forum
errant crême brulée torch - English Only forum
flourish a torch - English Only forum
get gloves and a torch - English Only forum
He <light> his own house to collect insurance . [light, set fire, torch] - English Only forum
Human torch - English Only forum
I point my torch at my friends faces. I point my torch at / in his eyes. - English Only forum
It's nearer to here than it's to the torch. - English Only forum
passing along the torch, - English Only forum
picked up the torch for him - English Only forum
put a blue torch - English Only forum
"put out the torch" and "put the torch out" - English Only forum
sees a 4 -- maybe a 5 if she loses the torch - English Only forum
since the place had been put to torch - English Only forum
The best verb for an electric torch emitting light ? - English Only forum
tiki-torch rally - English Only forum
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