DASH OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dash off mean? 

• DASH OFF (verb)
  The verb DASH OFF has 2 senses:

1. write quickly

2. write down hastily

  Familiarity information: DASH OFF used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DASH OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Write quickly

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

dash off; fling off; knock off; scratch off; toss off

Context example:

He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess

Hypernyms (to "dash off" is one way to...):

compose; indite; pen; write (produce a literary work)

Domain category:

authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he dash off his major works over a short period of time?

Sense 2

Meaning:

Write down hastily

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

dash down; dash off

Context example:

She dashed off a letter to her lawyer

Hypernyms (to "dash off" is one way to...):

get down; put down; set down; write down (put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody