make a wish — to express a desire or hope, especially as a ritual gesture
make a wish
to express a desire or hope, especially as a ritual gesture
Meanings
- to express a desire or hope, especially as a ritual gesture
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More collocations with wish (7)
best wishes
a polite expression of hope for someone's happiness or success
wish someone luck
to express hope that someone will succeed or have good fortune
grant a wish
to make someone's desire come true
express a wish
to state or communicate a desire formally
dying wish
a final desire expressed by someone close to death
heartfelt wish
a wish felt with warmth and deep sincerity
fulfil a wish
to bring about or satisfy a desired outcome
More collocations with make (24)
make a call
to telephone someone
make a friend
to form a friendship with a new person
make a plan
to devise a strategy or scheme for achieving something
make coffee
to prepare coffee for drinking
make dinner
to prepare and put together the evening meal
make tea
to prepare tea by infusing leaves or a bag in hot water
make the bed
to straighten and tidy the sheets and covers of a bed after sleeping
make a change
alter or modify something deliberately
Sharing same tag — verb_noun
Words
- answer a question to provide a response to a question
- answer the phone to pick up a ringing phone and speak to the caller
- ask a question to address a question to someone in order to find something out
- attend a class be present at a scheduled lesson
- become a father have a child for the first time; take on the role of a father
- boil water heat water to 100 °C, typically to sterilise it or prepare food
- brush hair to smooth or style hair by drawing a brush through it
- build a house construct a house from the ground up
- build a wall construct a wall
- buy a car to purchase a car