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DASH OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Write down hastily
Example:
She dashed off a letter to her lawyer
Synonyms:
dash down; dash off
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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
Sense 2
Meaning:
Write quickly
Example:
He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess
Synonyms:
dash off; fling off; knock off; scratch off; toss off
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
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?
