yen for (someone or something)
yen for (someone or something)
1. noun An intense desire or longing for someone or something. Though I quit smoking years ago, I still get a yen for a cigarette from time to time. She's always had a yen for adventure since she was a young girl.
2. verb To have an intense desire or longing for someone or something. He yenned for freedom from his overprotective parents. I still yen for Sarah, even though our relationship ended two years ago.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
yen for someone or something
to long for someone or something. I yen for a great big bowl of highly fattening ice cream. Frank yenned for Sally.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- a race against time
- any time
- anytime
- ahead of (someone's or something's) time
- ahead of your/its time
- about time
- (it's) (a)bout time
- any time means no time
- an open invitation
- about time too