make a wish
Before you blow
Make a wish is a ritual phrase spoken when circumstances supposedly allow a wish to come true—blowing out birthday candles, seeing a shooting star, breaking a wishbone, or throwing a coin in a fountain.
The phrase signals the moment to silently formulate a desire: Close your eyes and make a wish.
Telling others what you wished for supposedly prevents it from coming true.
- birthdayAnnual date of origin
- birthday cakeFrosted celebratory pastry
- candlesWax lights with wicks
- starLuminous astronomical object
- first starPole-marking celestial body
shooting star · falling star · dandelion · blow · eyelash · close your eyes · fountain · coins · pennies · lucky penny · hope · dream · come true · heart's desire · midnight · whisper · secret · magic
- wishful thinkingif only, what if, one day, fingers crossed, with any luck
- uplifting storiessuccess story, comeback story, underdog story, redemption story, survival story
- wisheswishbone, monkey's paw
- luckgood luck, bad luck, lucky, luckily, pure luck
- New Year'scountdown, midnight kiss, ball drop, resolution, toast
make a wishinsist
Assert with determination
compel · lay down the law · require · force · decree
make a wishresign oneself
Accept the unavoidable
abandon hope · come to terms · give up · let go · acquiesce
make a wishtake action
Begin doing something
make it happen · get it done · take matters into one's own hands · roll up one's sleeves · seize
make, wish, makes, made, making, maker, makers, remake, remade