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wish on

verb

  1. (tr, preposition) to hope that (someone or something) should be imposed (on someone); foist

    I wouldn't wish my cold on anyone

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Foist or impose something on another, as in I wouldn't wish this job on my worst enemy. [Early 1900s]
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"The blood they had wasn't enough and they were running around. Losing my sister and my friend is nothing I would wish on an enemy. The pain is unbearable."

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It reads and sounds like a starry-eyed teenager’s diary entry: Late at night when all the world is sleeping / I stay up and think of you / And I wish on a star / that somewhere you are / thinking of me too…

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“Playing it and processing it at the same time is something I wouldn’t wish on anybody,” Bomer says.

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It is not a situation one would wish on their worst enemy.

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“It’s something I would never wish on my worst enemy.”

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