dash off
phrasal verb
dashed off; dashing off; dashes off
: to write (something) in a very quick and hurried way
I have just enough time to dash off a letter.
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Whether kids are taking their baby for a spin or dashing off to save the world, the Herotron is available for whatever mission awaits.
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Pamela Brill, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024
Rather than setting an alarm every day and dashing off to an activity, try going to bed at the same time for at least three nights running and not setting an alarm at all.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
This is a cue to the show’s creator, Aaron Sorkin, to dash off a moving speech for Sheen's iconic president to deliver on the importance of preserving democracy in America.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 13 Sep. 2024
Brando abruptly traveled back to the States, leaving behind only a note dashed off on hotel letterhead.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2024
As the concert progresses, Cooper’s increasingly bold and risky evasive maneuvers force him to dash off frequently from his seat, which suggests his aversion to attending the concert at all.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
More shots are heard as the video-taker dashes off the train.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024
Asif had dashed off his response before finding out the truth.
—Amy Zegart, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
President Biden’s advisers are eager for the coming general-election fight and counting on voters to start paying more attention to Donald J. Trump, with the president himself even proposing and dashing off videos to ridicule the things his Republican rival says.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
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Pamela Brill, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024
Rather than setting an alarm every day and dashing off to an activity, try going to bed at the same time for at least three nights running and not setting an alarm at all.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
This is a cue to the show’s creator, Aaron Sorkin, to dash off a moving speech for Sheen's iconic president to deliver on the importance of preserving democracy in America.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 13 Sep. 2024
Brando abruptly traveled back to the States, leaving behind only a note dashed off on hotel letterhead.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2024
As the concert progresses, Cooper’s increasingly bold and risky evasive maneuvers force him to dash off frequently from his seat, which suggests his aversion to attending the concert at all.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
More shots are heard as the video-taker dashes off the train.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024
Asif had dashed off his response before finding out the truth.
—Amy Zegart, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
President Biden’s advisers are eager for the coming general-election fight and counting on voters to start paying more attention to Donald J. Trump, with the president himself even proposing and dashing off videos to ridicule the things his Republican rival says.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
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“Dash off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dash%20off. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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