wish away
verb
wished away; wishing away; wishes away
: to cause (something) to stop or go away just by wanting it to stop or go away
You can't just wish your problems away.
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The plot follows a young girl who ends up wishing away her baby brother into the goblin labyrinth.
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Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 14 Jan. 2026
Unlike eight years ago, countries can no longer wish away the implications of a United States that might not support them in a crisis.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2025
All across the United States, in big cities and small towns and even in unincorporated rural places without names, people go to casinos and wish away more than fifty billion dollars each year.
—Adam Iscoe, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Yet the program’s structural defects can’t be wished away.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
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Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 14 Jan. 2026
Unlike eight years ago, countries can no longer wish away the implications of a United States that might not support them in a crisis.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2025
All across the United States, in big cities and small towns and even in unincorporated rural places without names, people go to casinos and wish away more than fifty billion dollars each year.
—Adam Iscoe, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Yet the program’s structural defects can’t be wished away.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Wish away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wish%20away. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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