itch for

itch for (something)

1. verb To have an interest in or desire to do something. I'm itching for another road trip, but I'm not sure where to go. If you're itching for the spotlight again, then you should get back on stage.
2. noun An interest in or desire to do something. I have an itch for another road trip, but I'm not sure where to go. If you're starting to have an itch for acting again, then you should get back on stage.
See also: itch
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*itch for something

a desire for something. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) l have an itch for some ice cream. We had an itch for a good movie, so we went.
See also: itch

itch for something

Fig. to desire something. I'm just itching for a visit from Amy. We are itching for some chocolate.
See also: itch
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • address (one's) comments to (someone or something)
  • address comments or remarks to
  • address (one's) remarks to (someone or something)
  • bang on
  • bang/spot on
  • be in it for
  • be at a disadvantage
  • at a disadvantage
  • be in line for
  • be in line for something
References in classic literature
With other men, perhaps, such things would not have been inducements; but as for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote.
Moby Dick I LXVII
I accommodated him by taking the horse, though it was against my will, for I'd got an itch for a mare o' Jortin's--as rare a bit o' blood as ever you threw your leg across.
Silas Marner
Perhaps she knew with her intelligence that the chains she forged only aroused his instinct of destruction, as the plate-glass window makes your fingers itch for half a brick; but her heart, incapable of reason, made her continue on a course she knew was fatal.
Moon and Sixpence
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