dash off

verb

dashed off; dashing off; dashes off

: to write (something) in a very quick and hurried way

I have just enough time to dash off a letter.

Examples of dash off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Satenstein spent her years at Vogue writing about all things vintage—dashing off missives about everything from must-have pieces from Tom Ford’s Gucci to Nicolas Ghesquière’s legendary Balenciaga era. — Irene Kim, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026

At halftime, as his LSU team took a 31-3 lead over Clemson into the locker room, the Tigers’ head coach was about to dash off after chatting with ESPN sideline reporter Holly Rowe. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

By the second half, Chawni was dashing off video clips of his travels to an editor for editing and posting later. — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 12 June 2026

She was blessed with an unstinting energy and buoyancy that had her dashing off postcards far and wide, answering e-mails with improvised poetry, and cold-calling younger writers to offer encouragement. — Pico Iyer, Air Mail, 2 May 2026

Rhymes for dash off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff