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wish away

wish away verb: to hope that something (real or imagined) will not happen.

Verb

wish away (third-person singular simple present wishes away, present participle wishing away, simple past and past participle wished away)

  1. To hope that something (real or imagined) will not happen.
    • The approaching interview with his boss could not be wished away.
    • Lynch added: "The Government is once again not allowing the RDG to make an improved offer that we can consider. Ministers cannot just wish this dispute away. They underestimate the strength of feeling of our members, who have just given us a new six-month strike mandate […] and are determined to...2023 May 31, “Network News: Further one-day strike in RMT dispute with TOCs”, in RAIL, number 984, page 20

Forms of wish away

third-person singular presentwishes away
present participlewishing away
past participlewished away
pastwished away

Questions about wish away

What does wish away mean?
Wish away means to hope that something (real or imagined) will not happen.
What part of speech is wish away?
Wish away is a verb.
What is the past tense of wish away?
The past tense of wish away is wished away.

Words near wish away in the dictionary

  1. wisest
  2. wisest-hearted
  3. wisewoman
  4. wisewomen
  5. wish
  6. wish away
  7. wish fulfilment
  8. wish fulfilments
  9. wish in one hand and shit in the other, and see which one fills up first
  10. wish list
  11. wish lists

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