"wish you well" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˌwɪʃ ju ˈwɛl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌwɪʃ jə ˈwɛl/ [General-American] Forms: wishes you well [present, singular, third-person], wishing you well [participle, present], wished you well [participle, past], wished you well [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wish you well (third-person singular simple present wishes you well, present participle wishing you well, simple past and past participle wished you well)
  1. A polite form of farewell address uttered to another person. Related terms: goodbye, good luck, God bless you Translations (polite way of saying goodbye): kaikkea hyvää sinulle (Finnish), chúc may mắn (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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