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"passing torch" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is often used in a metaphorical sense to mean passing responsibility, knowledge, or authority from one person to another. Example: After years of leading the company, the CEO announced his retirement and passed the torch to his protégé, the new CEO.
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Our Dartington crystal goblets, brimful of sauvignon blanc, will be held aloft in tribute to the passing torch from the comfort of Peter's finely coiffured front lawn.
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He says the Olympic flame is passed from torch to torch, so there can be an unlimited number of them.
"It's like passing a torch.
"Geraldo is passing a torch to me".
We're passing the torch to the following.
It's Prof. Tweedy Q. Pipesmoker passing the torch to Yobbo Jones.
"This is about passing the torch from one quarterback to the next," he said.
As for his tenure, Mr. Sciame said he was open to passing the torch.
Online: "This is like some B movie about passing the torch".
Rather than passing the torch, however, former Governor Whitman was thousands of miles away.
His explanation makes an interesting point about the challenge Woods faces of passing the torch.
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