Verb
wish away (third-person singular simple present wishes away, present participle wishing away, simple past and past participle wished away)
To hope that something (real or imagined) will not happen.
The approaching interview with his boss could not be wished away.
Ever ever after It may only be a wish away. Stephen Schwartz
Some things you cannot wish away or think away. They become part of you when you remember them. Alice Hoffman
Our inner beliefs trigger failure before it happens. They sabotage lasting change by canceling its possibility. We employ these beliefs as articles of faith to justify our inaction and then wish away the result. I call them belief triggers. Marshall Goldsmith