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Collocations for dash - noun

1. sudden quick movement

ADJECTIVE

quick, sudden
frantic, mad, wild (esp. AmE)
final, last-minute (both esp. BrE)

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VERB + dash

make

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PREPOSITION

dash across
We had to make a frantic dash across town to get our plane
dash for
He made a dash for the door.
dash from
dash through
a mad dash through back alleys
The book starts with a quick dash through the country's history. (esp. BrE)
dash to
He made a 200-mile dash to the hospital when a kidney donor became available.

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2. small amount of sth

VERB + dash

add
Add a dash of lemon juice.

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PREPOSITION

dash of
The food is European with a dash of Morocco.

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Collocations for dash - verb

1. go/run quickly

ADVERB

frantically
about (esp. BrE), around, back, forward, off, out
I have to dash off now.

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VERB + dash

have to, must (esp. BrE)
I have to dash—I'm late.

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PREPOSITION

across, along, down, in, into, out of, through, to, up
He dashed frantically across the road.

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2. destroy sth

ADVERB

quickly
cruelly (esp. BrE)
Her hopes were cruelly dashed when her parents refused to let her go.

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Dash is used with these nouns as the object:
hope

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