English Reference
Idiom idiom

dash off

Meaning

To write quickly or informally.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples
SIMPLE

“I need to dash off a quick email.”

CONTEXTUAL

“She dashed off a note to her colleague before rushing to the meeting.”

COMPLEX

“Between appointments, the poet would dash off fragments of verse on whatever scraps of paper she could find.”

Anchors to
Related idioms3entries
  1. 01

    cut a dash

    To make a display of oneself; to give a conspicuous impression.

  2. 02

    dash someone's hopes

    To undercut or undermine someone's dreams or aspirations.

  3. 03

    do the dash

    To hurriedly part with one’s current location, to escape, to flee the scene.

Last updated August 10, 2026