dash off

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Verb	1.	dash off - write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper"; "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess" fling off, scratch off, toss off, knock off authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" indite, pen, write, compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
	2.	dash off - write down hastily; "She dashed off a letter to her lawyer" dash down set down, write down, get down, put down - put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.

Translations

يَكْتُبُ خِطابا على عَجَليَنْطَلِقُ مُسْرِعاً

rychle odjetvysypat ze sebe

kradse nedsmutte

davonjagen hinhauen

écrire en vitesse partir en coup de vent

ganga frá í hvelliòjóta/skunda burt

rable ned skynde seg bort springe bort

комкать строчить

alelâcele yazıvermekçiziktirmekkendini atmak

匆忙写信匆忙离开疾书

w>dash off

vi → losstürzen; sorry to have to dash off like this → es tut mir leid, dass ich so forthetzen muss

vt sep letter, essay → hinwerfen; drawing also → mit ein paar Strichen hinwerfen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

dash

(dӕʃ) verb

1. to move with speed and violence. A man dashed into a shop.

2. to knock, throw etc violently, especially so as to break. He dashed the bottle to pieces against the wall.

3. to bring down suddenly and violently or to make very depressed. Our hopes were dashed.

noun

1. a sudden rush or movement. The child made a dash for the door.

2. a small amount of something, especially liquid. whisky with a dash of soda.

3. (in writing) a short line (–) to show a break in a sentence etc.

4. energy and enthusiasm. All his activities showed the same dash and spirit.

ˈdashing adjective

smart and lively. a dashing young man; She looks very dashing in her new clothes.

dash off

1. to write quickly. to dash off a letter.

2. to leave hastily. to dash off to the shops.

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