passing the torch
Handing off responsibility
Passing the torch is transferring responsibility, authority, or tradition from one person or generation to the next.
The image comes from relay races and ancient torch-bearing rituals where a flame must be kept alive through succession: The retiring CEO is passing the torch to her protégé.
The phrase implies continuity—what's passed isn't extinguished but carried forward.
- legacyWhat's passed down
- successionFollowing in order
- changing of the guardCeremonial sentry replacement ritual
- batonSlender rod for leading
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
handoff · handing over · mentor · heir · next generation · generation · tradition · leadership · old guard · new blood · inheritance · transition · mantle · wisdom · elder · apprentice · coming of age · continuity
- franchisesfranchise, Star Wars, franchising, franchises, franchisor
- sports dramacomeback story, underdog story, rivalry, upset, buzzer beater
- successionsroyal succession, throne succession, dynastic succession, inheritance, heir
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- transferstransfer, money transfer, bank transfer, wire transfer, fund transfer
pass, passing, passed, passes, passer, passable, impassable, passage, passenger