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dash off

idiom
Meaning

To write quickly or informally.

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.

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