ache for (someone or something)
ache for (someone or something)
1. To feel a strong desire for someone or something. She ached for the companionship of her husband when he was deployed overseas.
2. To feel profound sadness or empathy for someone. I ache for those little children who just lost their parents in a car accident.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
ache for someone or something
and hurt for someone or somethingFig. to desire someone or something very much. (So much that it "hurts.") Jim ached for the sight of Mary, whom he loved deeply.
See also: ache
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- ache
- ache for
- aching
- hurt for (someone or something)
- hurt for someone/something
- feel somehow about
- feel (some emotion) about (someone or something)
- feel like
- feel like doing
- feel like oneself