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does the dash

does the dash is the third-person singular simple present indicative of do the dash.

Meaning of do the dash

Verb

do the dash (third-person singular simple present does the dash, present participle doing the dash, simple past did the dash, past participle done the dash)

  1. (Multicultural-London-English, idiomatic) To hurriedly part with one’s current location, to escape, to flee the scene.

Questions about does the dash

What is does the dash the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Does the dash is the third-person singular simple present indicative of do the dash.

Words near does the dash in the dictionary

  1. does someone's bidding
  2. does someone's business
  3. does someone's head in
  4. does someone's heart good
  5. does the bear shit in the woods
  6. does the dash
  7. does the decent thing
  8. does the deed
  9. does the dirty on
  10. does the dishes
  11. does the Dutch

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