pine for somebody/something
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pine for somebody/something → pine for somebody/something at pine2(2)
pine for somebody/something
pine for somebody/something phrasal verb (see also pine)
1. if you pine for a place or for something, you miss it a lot and wish you could be there or have it again:
After two months in France I was pining for home.
2. if you pine for someone, you feel very unhappy because they are not with you:
Karen had been pining for her friends back home in Colorado.
pine for somebody/something phrasal verb (see also pine)
1. if you pine for a place or for something, you miss it a lot and wish you could be there or have it again:
2. if you pine for someone, you feel very unhappy because they are not with you: