(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
Suddenly she ~ed down to the cellar...
VERB: V adv/prep
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Dash is also a noun.
...a 160-mile ~ to hospital.
N-SING
2.
If you say that you have to ~, you mean that you are in a hurry and have to leave immediately. (INFORMAL)
Oh, Tim! I’m sorry but I have to ~...
= rush
VERB: no cont, V
3.
A ~ of something is a small quantity of it which you add when you are preparing food or mixing a drink.
Add a ~ of balsamic vinegar.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
4.
A ~ of a quality is a small amount of it that is found in something and often makes it more interesting or distinctive.
...a story with a ~ of mystery thrown in.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
5.
If you ~ something against a wall or other surface, you throw or push it violently, often so hard that it breaks. (LITERARY)
She seized the doll and ~ed it against the stone wall with tremendous force.
VERB: V n against n, also V n prep
6.
If an event or person ~es someone’s hopes or expectations, it destroys them by making it impossible that the thing that is hoped for or expected will ever happen. (JOURNALISM LITERARY)
The announcement ~ed hopes of an early end to the crisis...
They had their championship hopes ~ed by a 3-1 defeat.
VERB: V n, have n V-ed
7.
A ~ is a straight, horizontal line used in writing, for example to separate two main clauses whose meanings are closely connected.
N-COUNT
8.
The ~ of a car is its ~board .
N-COUNT
9.
If you make a ~ for a place, you run there very quickly, for example to escape from someone or something.
I made a ~ for the front door but he got there before me...
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n