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fishes one's wish

fishes one's wish is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fish one's wish.

Meaning of fish one's wish

Verb

fish one's wish (third-person singular simple present fishes one's wish, present participle fishing one's wish, simple past and past participle fished one's wish)

  1. To get what one desires; to get one's wish.
    • ELI The sound of your voice...
      CHASTITY Come here.
      ELI I used to pray that I could hear her voice again.
      CHASTITY Well Eli. You finally fished your wish.
      [They kiss. They stumble to the wall. She begins to undo his pants. He stops her.] […]2000 January 1, William W. Demastes, The Best American Short Plays 2010-2011, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN

Questions about fishes one's wish

What is fishes one's wish the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fishes one's wish is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fish one's wish.

Words near fishes one's wish in the dictionary

  1. fishery
  2. fishes
  3. fishes down
  4. fishes for compliments
  5. fishes in troubled waters
  6. fishes one's wish
  7. fishes or cuts bait
  8. fishes out
  9. fishes out of water
  10. fishes to fry
  11. fishes up

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