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present tense third-person singular of dash
Synonyms & Antonyms of dashes
1
to go at a pace faster than a walk
- one sprinter dashed to the finish line in record-breaking time
Synonyms for dashes
Words Related to dashes
- barrels,
- belts,
- blasts,
- blazes,
- blows,
- bolts,
- bombs
- [slang],
- bowls,
- breezes,
- bustles,
- buzzes,
- cannonballs,
- careens,
- courses,
- foots (it),
- hares,
- hastens,
- hies,
- hoofs (it),
- hotfoots (it),
- humps,
- hurls,
- hurries,
- hurtles,
- hustles,
- jets,
- legs (it),
- pelts,
- races,
- rams,
- rips,
- rockets,
- rushes,
- rustles,
- shoots,
- speeds,
- tears,
- whirls,
- whisks,
- zips,
- zooms
Near Antonyms for dashes
2
to proceed or move quickly
- we dashed about in a panic, trying to get everything organized before the guests were scheduled to arrive
Synonyms for dashes
- barrels,
- belts,
- blasts,
- blazes,
- blows,
- bolts,
- bombs
- [slang],
- bowls,
- breezes,
- bundles,
- bustles,
- buzzes,
- cannonballs,
- careens,
- careers,
- chases,
- courses,
- cracks (on),
- drives,
- flies,
- hares,
- hastens,
- hies,
- highballs,
- hotfoots (it),
- humps,
- hurls,
- hurries,
- hurtles,
- hustles,
- jets,
- jumps,
- motors,
- nips,
- pelts,
- races,
- rams,
- rips,
- rockets,
- runs,
- rushes,
- rustles,
- scoots,
- scurries,
- scuttles,
- shoots,
- speeds,
- steps,
- tears,
- travels,
- trots,
- whirls,
- whisks,
- zips,
- zooms
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Phrases Synonymous with dashes
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3
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
- she dashed water in his face in an attempt to wake him up
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Phrases Synonymous with dashes
4
to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy
- our clothes were dashed with the mud of passing cars
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6
to make sad
- she's always dashed by the failure of her matchmaking efforts
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