"do the dash" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-do the dash.wav Forms: does the dash [present, singular, third-person], doing the dash [participle, present], did the dash [past], done the dash [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> the dash}} 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. (MLE, idiomatic) To hurriedly part with one’s current location, to escape, to flee the scene. Tags: Multicultural-London-English, idiomatic
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