dash off
verb
dashed off; dashing off; dashes off
: to write (something) in a very quick and hurried way
I have just enough time to dash off a letter.
Examples of dash off in a Sentence
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The glamorous pair left the building and dashed off in a Cadillac for their honeymoon.
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Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 13 Apr. 2026
Once finished, Caesar would dash off the stage, ostensibly to prepare for the opening sketch but also to play someone besides himself.
—CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
While the weary court composer is buried in the bureaucracy of state music, teaching scores of pupils, serving on endless committees and composing anthems and choral pieces, Mozart is dashing off works of startling originality while acting like a complete goofball.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
In one especially heated sequence, Catherine, overcome with lust, dashes off to the moors and pleasures herself ferociously against the rocks.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
The students dash off to their dorm rooms or dining hall, and wait to do the homework until midnight.
—Sean Cho Ayres, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
The new mom dashed off to get Anna.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
These plein air studies are dashed off quickly.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
Both cougars stepped out and dashed off.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
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Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 13 Apr. 2026
Once finished, Caesar would dash off the stage, ostensibly to prepare for the opening sketch but also to play someone besides himself.
—CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
While the weary court composer is buried in the bureaucracy of state music, teaching scores of pupils, serving on endless committees and composing anthems and choral pieces, Mozart is dashing off works of startling originality while acting like a complete goofball.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
In one especially heated sequence, Catherine, overcome with lust, dashes off to the moors and pleasures herself ferociously against the rocks.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
The students dash off to their dorm rooms or dining hall, and wait to do the homework until midnight.
—Sean Cho Ayres, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
The new mom dashed off to get Anna.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
These plein air studies are dashed off quickly.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
Both cougars stepped out and dashed off.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Dash off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dash%20off. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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