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wish verb to greet someone INDIA, 1979
idiomwishI/you wish!spoken used in order to say that you do not think something is true, even though you or someone else might wish that it was:"You look as if you've lost some weight." "I wish!""Do you think I look like Michelle Pfeiffer?" "You wish!"your wish is my command!spoken a humorous expression, used in order to say that you are ready to do anything someone asks you to do:Where would you like me to take you this evening? Your wish is my command."What do you want to drink - a beer?" "Yeah, please." "Your wish is my command."Note 'Your wish is my command' is what a genie (=a spirit who lives in a bottle and does magic) is supposed to say to the person who owns him. phrasewish[wished, wished, wishing]
wish away
wish sth away • wish away sth usually negative to hope that a problem will disappear easily without you having to do anything about it: Racism is a serious problem in our society, and you can't just wish it away.■ SIMILAR TO: hope that something will go away
wish for 1. wish for sth to want something and to hope that you will get it, or that it will happen, often by silently asking for it: There was no escape now - the only thing they could do was wish for a miracle. As a child, Jenna had everything she could possibly wish for.■ SIMILAR TO: hope (for)2. couldn't wish for more/better etc BrE used to emphasize that something or someone is as good, nice etc as they could possibly be: "Everyone has been so good to me," John said. "I couldn't wish for better friends. It seemed to other people that she had everything she wanted; she couldn't wish for more.
wish on/upon
wouldn't wish sth on anyone/on my worst enemy etc spoken used to emphasize that you think a situation is extremely bad or unpleasant, and you would not want it to happen even to someone you dislike: You don't know what it's like to watch your brother die; I wouldn't wish it on anyone. It was a terrible experience - I wouldn't have wished it on my worst enemy.
See:- accommodate (someone's) wishes
- as you wish
- ask for the moon
- best wishes
- death wish
- Don’t you wish!
- don't you wish
- Don't you wish!
- dying wish
- Give my best to
- have a death wish
- Having a wonderful time. Wish you were here.
- having a wonderful time; wish you were here
- hope not
- hope so
- I wish
- I wish I'd said that
- I wish!
- I wished I had bitten my tongue off
- I wouldn't wish (something) on (someone)
- I wouldn't wish (something) on my worst enemy
- I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy
- if wishes were horses
- if wishes were horses, (then) beggars might ride
- if wishes were horses, (then) beggars would ride
- if wishes were horses, beggars would ride
- if wishes were horses, beggars would/might ride
- If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride
- the wish is father to the thought
- Who do you want?
- wish (one) ill
- wish (one) joy
- wish (one) well
- wish away
- wish book
- wish for
- wish for (someone or something)
- wish list
- wish on
- wish somebody/something well
- wish someone joy
- wish the ground would swallow (one) up
- wish upon
- With whom do you wish to speak?
- wouldn't wish something on my, etc. worst enemy
- you wish
- you wish!
- your wish is my command
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