torch passing
Handing off responsibility
Torch passing is the transfer of responsibility, leadership, or tradition from one person or generation to the next.
The image comes from relay races where runners hand off a flaming torch: The CEO's retirement marks a torch passing to younger leadership.
The phrase suggests continuity—what's being handed over must be kept alive.
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
- batonSlender rod for leading
- legacyWhat's passed down
- successionFollowing in order
- handoffDirect physical exchange
flame · ceremony · generation · heir · next generation · mentor · transition · Olympic · Olympic flame · tradition · continuity · carrying on · inheritance · mantle · leadership · old guard · new blood · ritual
- KennedysJFK, Kennedy, Kennedy family, Robert Kennedy, Ted Kennedy
- torch ceremonies
- sports legacyHall of Fame, Hall of Famer, retired jersey, jersey retirement, number retirement
- transferstransfer, money transfer, bank transfer, wire transfer, fund transfer
torch passingabandonment
Act of leaving permanently
ending · termination · discontinuation · dead end · cutting off
torch passingholding on
Maintaining one's grip
entrenchment · monopolizing · power grab · usurpation · coup
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