"wish upon a star" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: wishes upon a star [present, singular, third-person], wishing upon a star [participle, present], wished upon a star [participle, past], wished upon a star [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wish upon a star (third-person singular simple present wishes upon a star, present participle wishing upon a star, simple past and past participle wished upon a star)
  1. To make a wish on seeing a shooting star.
    Sense id: en-wish_upon_a_star-en-verb-qTkhYh-g
  2. (figurative) To desire something without putting in any effort for it. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-wish_upon_a_star-en-verb-Tti-6RpK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81

Inflected forms

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