wish sth away
— phrasal verb with wish uk/wɪʃ/us/wɪʃ/verb
to do nothing and hope that a problem will disappear:
Some people seem to think if they wish the disease away, then it will go away.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Avoiding action
- avoid
- avoid sth like the plague idiom
- avoidance
- bottle
- bottle out
- flinch
- flinch from sth/doing sth
- fudge
- get out of sth
- get-out clause
- insure
- shrink
- shy away from sth
- sit on your arse idiom
- skip out on sb/sth
- stand around
- stand by
- steer
- welch
- welsh
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