# do the dash

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/do-the-dash
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

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

## 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.

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