Ask and Wish

Ask

Ask verb - To put a question or questions to.

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Wish and ask are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wish" instead a verb "Ask".

Nearby Words: asked, asking

Wish verb - To offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable.

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Ask and wish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ask" instead a verb "Wish".

Nearby Words: wished, wishful, wishing, wishfully, wisher

person	ask person	wish person
people	ask people	wish people
someone	ask someone	wish someone
time	ask time	wish time
Other words: mother, anyone, everyone, times, friends.

Ask Twixie Genies - Trixie happens upon the bottle of Jackass Genie Twilight, who screws around with Trixie's wishes; particularly her final wish ("I wish to be powerful like you"), which gets Trixie turned into a genie herself.

Source: Blog / Ask a Pony
The man asks what's going on, and the genie says that he's allowed to ask for three wishes, and his second wish was to undo his first wish.

Source: Ignorance Is Bliss
In Banana no Nana, the legend says that whoever reaches the legendary land of Oz (reference intentional) in the far west of the continent can ask for any wish to be granted.

Source: Quest for a Wish

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