dash : Idioms & Phrases
dash down
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verb write down hastily
dash down.
- She dashed off a letter to her lawyer
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dash off
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verb write quickly
fling off; knock off; toss off; scratch off.
- She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper
- He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess
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verb write down hastily
dash down.
- She dashed off a letter to her lawyer
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dash-pot
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noun a mechanical damper; the vibrating part is attached to a piston that moves in a chamber filled with liquid
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dashing hopes
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noun an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone
disappointment.
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swung dash
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noun a punctuation mark used in text to indicate the omission of a word
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To cut a dash ∨ a figure
- to make a display. Colloq.
