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dash off
verb
1. write quickly
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She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper

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He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess

• Syn: ↑scratch off, ↑knock off, ↑toss off, ↑fling off
• Topics: ↑writing, ↑authorship, ↑composition, ↑penning
• Hypernyms: ↑write, ↑compose, ↑pen, ↑indite
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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

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

• Syn: ↑dash down
• Hypernyms: ↑write down, ↑set down, ↑get down, ↑put down
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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dash off [phrasal verb]
dash off (something) or dash (something) off : to write (something) in a very quick and hurried way

I have just enough time to dash off a letter.

— see also ↑dash 1 (above), 1
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Main Entry: ↑dash

Useful english dictionary. 2012.