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a quick run the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door" distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer" the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash" add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white" destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes" a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate" hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock" cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" |
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