What is a physical-closeness-for-love metonymy?

What is a physical-closeness-for-love metonymy?

Definition
	A conventional metonymy in English in which reference to nearness and contact is used to stand for love.

Examples
	Here are some examples in English:
	I want to be with you all my life. He follows her everywhere. They walked along the Danube holding hands. I want to hold you in my arms forever.

Generic
	A physical-closeness-for-love metonymy is a kind of
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Source
	Kovecses 1986

Context for this page:

Concept module: physical-closeness-for-love metonymy
In modular book: Metonymies in English, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H. Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Lexicon

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