"dash off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-dash off.ogg Forms: dashes off [present, singular, third-person], dashing off [participle, present], dashed off [participle, past], dashed off [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-dash_off-en-verb-dMIvjqf9
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To write quickly or informally. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-dash_off-en-verb-oriLYCSb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93

Inflected forms

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        "To leave a place quickly or briefly."
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        "(intransitive) To leave a place quickly or briefly."
      ],
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To write quickly or informally."
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        "(intransitive) To leave a place quickly or briefly."
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