dash
verb
dæʃ
dæʃ go quickly
1 [intransitive] to go somewhere very quicklySynonym
rushI must dash (= leave quickly), I'm late.+ adverb/preposition She dashed off to keep an appointment.He dashed along the platform and jumped on the train.throw/beat
2 [transitive, intransitive] to throw something or make something fall violently onto a hard surface; to beat against a surfacedash something + adverb/preposition The boat was dashed repeatedly against the rocks.+ adverb/preposition The waves were dashing against the harbour wall.Idioms
dash somebody's hopes
to destroy somebody's hopes by making what they were hoping for impossible
Hopes of a peaceful settlement have been dashed.dash (it)!
|dash it all!
(old-fashioned, British English) used to show that you are annoyed about somethingPhrasal verbs
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