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done the dash

done the dash is the past participle 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 done the dash

What is done the dash the past participle of?
Done the dash is the past participle of do the dash.

Words near done the dash in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: done the dash (page history and authors); do the dash (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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