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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By comparison, Elemental feels dashed off, with the bulk of the creativity spent making sure the visuals were stunning.
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 19 June 2025
The emails were dashed off, with the agitated posts on social media garnering hundreds of likes.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2025
Or dashed off a sensitive text to Gene, our friend, and inadvertently sent it to Gene, our boss.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Dogs grabbed sticks and dashed off while owners pulled out their phones to capture the PURE joy of their pets discovering the library.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
Poem 50 begins as a giddy recollection of an afternoon spent dashing off verses to his friend Calvus, another of the neoteroi.
—Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
The artist and writer Joe Brainard dashed off this thought in 1969, in a letter to his friend and fellow-poet Bill Berkson.
—David S. Wallace, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2025
No more — unless the coach who recruited the player dashes off for bank, which is what happened at Maryland.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
The championships After McLaren finished taking its celebratory team photo, Norris and Piastri didn’t waste time leaping out of the way of the Champagne spray, with the Australian dashing off down the pit lane.
—Madeline Coleman, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 19 June 2025
The emails were dashed off, with the agitated posts on social media garnering hundreds of likes.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2025
Or dashed off a sensitive text to Gene, our friend, and inadvertently sent it to Gene, our boss.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Dogs grabbed sticks and dashed off while owners pulled out their phones to capture the PURE joy of their pets discovering the library.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
Poem 50 begins as a giddy recollection of an afternoon spent dashing off verses to his friend Calvus, another of the neoteroi.
—Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
The artist and writer Joe Brainard dashed off this thought in 1969, in a letter to his friend and fellow-poet Bill Berkson.
—David S. Wallace, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2025
No more — unless the coach who recruited the player dashes off for bank, which is what happened at Maryland.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
The championships After McLaren finished taking its celebratory team photo, Norris and Piastri didn’t waste time leaping out of the way of the Champagne spray, with the Australian dashing off down the pit lane.
—Madeline Coleman, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Dash off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dash%20off. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.
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