mad dash

noun

: a wild and uncontrolled rush
In his mad dash to the store, he forgot his wallet.

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As the circle closed in, the pig faked right and broke left, making a mad dash for the nearby woods (Jonathan Taylor, watch your back). Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025 If not for Cleveland’s mad dash to the finish line — going 20-7 in September — the Tigers’ collapse might not have been the center of such scorn. Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025 Nearly 30,000 steps later, two flights, 10 hours in the air, and a mad dash through Paris, my feet were still shockingly pain-free. Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025 Bregman made the mad dash home to score the sixth Red Sox run. Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mad dash

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“Mad dash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mad%20dash. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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