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Synonyms and Antonyms of dashes
- one sprinter dashed to the finish line in record-breaking time
bounds, canters, leaps, lopes, shags, skips, springs
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
- we dashed about in a panic, trying to get everything organized before the guests were scheduled to arrive
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
- she dashed water in his face in an attempt to wake him up
- our clothes were dashed with the mud of passing cars
- she's always dashed by the failure of her matchmaking efforts
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