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long for someone or something

to desire or pine for someone or something. She is longing for her old friends. Walter longed for his hometown in the mountains.

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long for

v.

To desire greatly or yearn for something, especially something that is difficult or impossible to obtain: I long for the carefree days of my youth.

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