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
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Yet the disputes among European powers can’t be wished away.
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Daniel Depetris, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
And his approach, reinforced by many Europeans’ growing realization that the threat from Putin could not be wished away, worked.
—The Editors, National Review, 13 Feb. 2024
Time and compounding interest are two things even Neo-Keynesians can't wish away.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
The October 7 attack and today’s war have also laid bare the faulty, reckless logic of one-state proposals that wish away the extremism that feeds the conflict and the
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—Natan Sachs, Foreign Affairs, 19 Jan. 2024
But liberals sometimes try to wish away inconvenient facts, too.
—David Leonhardt, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2024
These are hard geopolitical facts that, unfortunately, can’t be wished away with glib talking points.
—The Editors, National Review, 1 Sep. 2023
But hybrid groups cannot be wished away, and policymakers must better understand this new feature of the regional landscape.
—Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2020
Daniel Depetris, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
And his approach, reinforced by many Europeans’ growing realization that the threat from Putin could not be wished away, worked.
—The Editors, National Review, 13 Feb. 2024
Time and compounding interest are two things even Neo-Keynesians can't wish away.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
The October 7 attack and today’s war have also laid bare the faulty, reckless logic of one-state proposals that wish away the extremism that feeds the conflict and the
Get unlimited access to all Foreign Affairs.
—Natan Sachs, Foreign Affairs, 19 Jan. 2024
But liberals sometimes try to wish away inconvenient facts, too.
—David Leonhardt, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2024
These are hard geopolitical facts that, unfortunately, can’t be wished away with glib talking points.
—The Editors, National Review, 1 Sep. 2023
But hybrid groups cannot be wished away, and policymakers must better understand this new feature of the regional landscape.
—Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2020
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“Wish away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wish%20away. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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