I.
noun
1 sudden quick movement
ADJECTIVE
▪ quick , sudden
▪ frantic , mad , wild ( esp. AmE )
▪ final , last-minute (both esp. BrE )
VERB + DASH
▪ make
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ across
▪
We had to make a frantic ~ across town to get our plane
▪ ~ for
▪
He made a ~ for the door.
▪ ~ from
▪ ~ through
▪
a mad ~ through back alleys
▪
The book starts with a quick ~ through the country's history. ( esp. BrE )
▪ ~ to
▪
He made a 200-mile ~ to the hospital when a kidney donor became available.
2 small amount of sth
VERB + DASH
▪ add
▪
Add a ~ of lemon juice.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
The food is European with a ~ of Morocco.
II.
verb
1 go/run quickly
ADVERB
▪ frantically
▪ about ( esp. BrE ), around , back , forward , off , out
▪
I have to ~ off now.
VERB + DASH
▪ have to , must ( esp. BrE )
▪
I have to dash—I'm late.
PREPOSITION
▪ across , along , down , in , into , out of , through , to , up
▪
He ~ed frantically across the road.
2 destroy sth
ADVERB
▪ quickly
▪ cruelly ( esp. BrE )
▪
Her hopes were cruelly ~ed when her parents refused to let her go.
Dash is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ hope