ache for someone or something

ache for someone or something
ache for someone or something & hurt for someone or something
Fig. to desire someone or something very much. (So much that it “hurts.”) •

Jim ached for the sight of Mary, whom he loved deeply.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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