I wish something would do something

I wish something would do something
I wish someone/​something would do something phrase
used for saying that you want something to happen or you want a situation to change

I wish it would stop raining.

Thesaurus: modal verbshyponym
Main entry: would

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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