wish away

phrasal 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.

Examples of wish away in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But Congress can’t wish away what’s happening out in the world — and crypto is happening. —Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 10 June 2025

Nonetheless, the financial repercussions from the mounting federal pressures have become too substantial to ignore or wish away, forcing a growing number of the nation’s largest universities to adopt new austerity measures. —Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025

There is no wishing away Moscow’s signature on, and ratification of, the September 1990 treaty that allowed NATO’s jurisdiction to move eastward across the Cold War– era frontline. —Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2025

But simply wishing away nuclear missiles will get us nowhere. —Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025

But such a wrong turn ignores the long-unresolved problems of radioactive nuclear wastes that AI cannot wish away. —Michael Riordan, Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2025

Supporters have seen too many games of this ilk this season and most have resorted to wishing away Goodison’s final campaign, a grim indictment of their predicament. —Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024

Tax advisors will not be able to point to AI/software to excuse or wish away problematic results for their clients. —Dean Zerbe, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024

But that media narrative, and the poor polling fueling it, are a new reality that now must be disproven, not denied or wished away. —Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 6 July 2024

Rhymes for wish away

• aaa
• adonais
• alleyway
• alumnae
• anime
• anyway
• arete
• attache
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• beaujolais
• bouvier
• breakaway