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Word entry · Emirati Arabic
Khali wali.
/kha-li wa-li/· phrase · Emirati Arabicexpression
"Forget it. Leave it. Whatever — let it go."

Emirati and Gulf slang for dismissing something: a hassle, an argument, a person who isn't worth the energy. Roughly 'leave it be' or 'whatever, drop it'.

It can be light and joking or genuinely final, depending on tone. Either way it closes the subject.