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.
Examples of wish (someone or something) on (someone) in a Sentence
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Sixty days later, her wish on the rainbow came true: Her furry friend had been found.
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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
The book follows a set of sisters who wish on a star for a sibling and get both a younger brother and a new cousin.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
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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
The book follows a set of sisters who wish on a star for a sibling and get both a younger brother and a new cousin.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
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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 5 Nov. 2024.
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