Idiom
do the dash
Meaning
To hurriedly part with one’s current location, to escape, to flee the scene.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The party is boring, so let's do the dash.”
“When the police sirens got closer, the suspects decided to do the dash before anyone saw them.”
“Realizing that his presence at the gala would only invite further scandal, he chose to do the dash through the service exit before the press could corner him.”
Examples
simple
“The party is boring, so let's do the dash.”
contextual
“When the police sirens got closer, the suspects decided to do the dash before anyone saw them.”
complex
“Realizing that his presence at the gala would only invite further scandal, he chose to do the dash through the service exit before the press could corner him.”
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