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dash off

VERB
  1. 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
  2. write down hastily
    She dashed off a letter to her lawyer

How To Use dash off In A Sentence

  • We'd throw a rope round a tree and the children would dash off along the towpath for a recce while the adults threw together a little light salad and uncorked a local rosé.
  • Charley shot off the spelling of "kahuna" before making a mad dash off the stage. Undefined
  • He was, moreover, renowned for the speed with which he could dash off an article in a railway compartment, a cricket pavilion, or in whatever place he could snatch a few minutes.
  • Annie took out her drawing pad and pencil to dash off a sketch of the Indians.
  • Excuse me, I must dash off now.
  • It is an extremely sad society if a mother has to dash off to sit in the toilet every time her baby needs a feed.
  • The pet has chomped garden furniture, clothes, doors, pebbledash off walls and even the lawnmower. The Sun
  • The pet has chomped garden furniture, clothes, doors, pebbledash off walls and even the lawnmower. The Sun
  • Annie took out her drawing pad and pencil to dash off a sketch of the Indians.
  • In colonial times, Western missionaries would dash off to bastions of other faiths to preach the Gospel.
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