mad dash

noun

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

Examples of mad dash in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Heroics ensue, and there is a mad dash to keep her alive as Jackson and his colleagues attempt to get to the bottom of the kidnapping. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024 Crush House is a mad dash, a game where every minute counts. Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024 Often there is a video by Jeanne Moos, who, at the age of 74, is at the top of her game with humorous reporting such as the woodpecker that kept ringing a lady’s doorbell, or the wedding proposal that was still a hit even though the groom-to-be dropped the ring and there was a mad dash to find it. Cheryl Russell, Orange County Register, 31 July 2024 This final week scramble will have far-reaching implications in the mad dash for a playoff berth. Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2024 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 Sep. 2024.

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