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Dash off   /dæʃ ɔf/   Listen
Dash off

verb
1.
Write quickly.  Synonyms: fling off, knock off, scratch off, toss off.  "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess"
2.
Write down hastily.  Synonym: dash down.






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"Dash off" Quotes from Famous Books



... brainless since I came here. It is the result, I believe, of the Petrograd climate. Nearly everyone feels it. I had a little book in my head which I thought I could "dash off," and that writing it would fill up these waiting days, but I ...
— My War Experiences in Two Continents • Sarah Macnaughtan

... restrain her admiration of his work. I was surprised myself; I didn't suppose so good-looking a youth could do such good work. I retired to a safe distance, and they chatted together. He offered her the sketch; she refused to take advantage of his kindness. He said he would 'dash off' another that evening and bring it to our hotel—'so glad to do anything for a fellow-countryman,' etc. I peeped from behind a tree and saw him give her his card. It was an awful moment; I trembled, but she read it with unmistakable approval, and gave him her own with an ...
— A Cathedral Courtship • Kate Douglas Wiggin



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