long for

1. not comparablelikely to remain for a long time

   I asked the doctor if I was long for this world

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   But it doesn't matter, because Roxie's not long for this town. As soon as her mother's better, she'll be on her way to Paris.

   2009, Karen Hawkins, Talk of the Town, page 126

present singular third person longs for · participle present longing for · participle past longed for · past longed for

1. transitiveTo have a desire for (a thing or an event).

   He was the object of my affection; I longed for him to notice me.

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   Oh how I long for this pandemic to end so we can go dancing again.

   At times I long for the patience of Job and the wisdom of Solomon.

   1960 April 28, A. W. Bennett, “A Locomotive Shedmaster's Day”, in Railway Magazine, page 272

   Synonyms: salivate over, yearn for, crave for, hanker after, sigh for

2. transitiveTo miss (someone).

   For some time he had not heard from his consort[…]His heart longed for her and his child.

   1982, Luise Mühlbach, chapter LIV, in F. Jordan, transl., Napoleon and Blücher: An Historical Novel, page 297

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   “I will stay now, if you bid me,” she replied, as low. “See, I am going to my mother, who longs for me as I for her. I will not go unless you let me.”

   1888, Tighe Hopkins, For Freedom, volume 2, page 104

   He remembered those long years before his marriage, when he had longed for her and she had resisted him[…]

   2011, Edith Sitwell, Fanfare for Elizabeth