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- [dash awf, of]
- /dæʃ ɔf, ɒf/
- /dæʃ ɒf/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dash awf, of]
- /dæʃ ɔf, ɒf/
Definitions of dash off words
- phrasal verb dash off If you dash off to a place, you go there very quickly. 3
- phrasal verb dash off If you dash off a piece of writing, you write or compose it very quickly, without thinking about it very much. 3
- noun dash off to do or write hastily 3
- noun dash off to rush away 3
- verb with object dash off to strike or smash violently, especially so as to break to pieces: He dashed the plate into smithereens against the wall. 1
- verb with object dash off to throw or thrust violently or suddenly: to dash one stone against another. 1
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Origin of dash off
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; (v.) Middle English dasshen, perhaps < Old Norse; compare Danish daske slap, flap, Swedish daska; (noun) Middle English: blow, clash, derivative of the v.
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Parts of speech for Dash off
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dash off popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
dash off usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dash off
verb dash off
- concoct — If you concoct an excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true.
- devise — If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it.
- ad-lib — If you ad-lib something in a play or a speech, you say something which has not been planned or written beforehand.
- contrive — If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.
- invent — to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent the telegraph.
Antonyms for dash off
verb dash off
- devise — If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it.
- premeditate — to meditate, consider, or plan beforehand: to premeditate a murder.
- design — When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
- plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
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