dash off

verb

dashed off; dashing off; dashes off
Synonyms of dash offnext
: to write (something) in a very quick and hurried way
I have just enough time to dash off a letter.

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At halftime, as his LSU team took a 31-3 lead over Clemson into the locker room, the Tigers’ head coach was about to dash off after chatting with ESPN sideline reporter Holly Rowe. Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026 By the second half, Chawni was dashing off video clips of his travels to an editor for editing and posting later. Dan Greene, New Yorker, 12 June 2026 She was blessed with an unstinting energy and buoyancy that had her dashing off postcards far and wide, answering e-mails with improvised poetry, and cold-calling younger writers to offer encouragement. Pico Iyer, Air Mail, 2 May 2026 Otherwise, you people might be tempted to dash off a bunch of nasty remarks in the comments section. Jayson Stark, New York Times, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for dash off

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“Dash off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dash%20off. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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