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dashes off

dashes off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dash off.

Meaning of dash off

Verb

dash off (third-person singular simple present dashes off, present participle dashing off, simple past and past participle dashed off)

  1. (intransitive) To leave a place quickly or briefly.
    • I have to dash off to the store, but I'll be back soon.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To write quickly or informally.
    • Let me dash off a quick note.
    Synonyms:
    scribble off

Questions about dashes off

What is dashes off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dashes off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dash off.

Words near dashes off in the dictionary

  1. dasherizes
  2. dasherizing
  3. dashers
  4. dashes
  5. dashes down
  6. dashes off
  7. dashes on
  8. dashes someone's hopes
  9. dashest
  10. dasheth
  11. dashhound

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dashes off (page history and authors); dash off (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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