do the dash

verb

To hurriedly part with one’s current location, to escape, to flee the scene.

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Meanings

verbdo the dash (third-person singular simple present does the dash, present participle doing the dash, simple past did the dash, past participle done the dash)

present singular third person does the dash · participle present doing the dash · past did the dash · participle past done the dash

  1. Multicultural London EnglishidiomaticTo hurriedly part with one’s current location, to escape, to flee the scene.
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APA

do the dash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20the%20dash

MLA

“do the dash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20the%20dash. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “do the dash,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20the%20dash.

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