wish (someone or something) on (someone)

idiom

: to want (someone) to have or be affected by (someone or something bad or unpleasant)
I wouldn't wish that terrible illness on anyone.
I wouldn't wish that man on any woman.

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The hedge fund eventually got its wish on the buybacks. Tae Kim, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024 Sixty days later, her wish on the rainbow came true: Her furry friend had been found. Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024 Gass was asked to make a wish on stage in Australia where the band was performing on his 64th birthday Sunday. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 16 July 2024 At the end of the exhibition you are invited to write a wish on a white card and affix it to a potted olive tree. Emily Labarge, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024 Michelle Ngo hangs her wish on the wishing tree at the 41st Union of The Vietnamese Student Association Tet Festival at the Orange County Fair & Events Center in Costa Mesa, Calif., last year. Lynda Lin Grigsby, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2024 Officials 12 grapes at midnight The tradition of eating 12 grapes at midnight and making a wish on each grape originates in Spain. USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2024 But after Gold’s wife, Alice, posted his wish on social media this month, Gold awoke to a call from an unfamiliar phone number Friday at his Utah home. Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023 Which sounds, at this point, a lot like a wish on a star. Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023

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wish someone well

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“Wish (someone or something) on (someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wish%20%28someone%20or%20something%29%20on%20%28someone%29. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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