wish away

wish away
ˌwish a ˈway [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they wish away he/she/it wishes away present participle wishing away past tense wished away past participle wished away] phrasal verb
to make something stop or disappear just by expressing a wish

I would like to wish away all my debts.

Thesaurus: to make something disappear or stop existingsynonym to kill a person or animalsynonym
Main entry: wish

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wish away [phrasal verb]
wish (something) away or wish away (something) : 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.

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