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dash someone's hopes — dash someone’s hopes phrase to make it impossible for someone to do what they hoped to do Saturday’s defeat has dashed their hopes of success in the FA Cup this year. Hopes for an early economic recovery have now been dashed. Thesaurus: to make… … Useful english dictionary
dash somebody's hopes — dash sb s ˈhopes idiom to destroy sb s hopes by making what they were hoping for impossible • Hopes of a peaceful settlement have been dashed. Main entry: ↑dashidiom … Useful english dictionary
Dash — Dash, n. 1. Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash. [1913 Webster] 2. A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash. [1913 Webster] 3. A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dash — dash1 [dash] vt. [ME dashen, to strike, rush < Scand, as in Swed daska, Dan daske, slap; prob. of echoic orig.] 1. to throw so as to break; smash 2. to strike with violence 3. to throw, knock, or thrust: with away, down, against, etc. 4. to… … English World dictionary
dash one's hopes — index foil Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
dash — ► VERB 1) run or travel in a great hurry. 2) strike or throw with great force. 3) destroy or frustrate (hopes). 4) (dash off) write (something) hurriedly. ► EXCLAMATION Brit. informal ▪ used to express mild annoyance … English terms dictionary
dash — c.1300, probably from a Scandinavian source (Cf. Swed. daska, Dan. daske to beat, strike ), somehow imitative. The oldest sense is that in dash to pieces and dashed hopes. Intrans. meaning move quickly appeared c.1300, that of to write hurriedly… … Etymology dictionary
dash — [[t]dæ̱ʃ[/t]] dashes, dashing, dashed 1) VERB If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly. [V adv/prep] Suddenly she dashed down to the cellar... [V adv/prep] She dashed in from the garden. N SING Dash is also a noun. ...a 160 … English dictionary
dash — dash1 [dæʃ] v [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Probably from the sound of something breaking when hit] 1.) [I always + adverb/preposition] to go or run somewhere very quickly ▪ Olive dashed into the room, grabbed her bag, and ran out again. 2.) dash sb… … Dictionary of contemporary English
dash — dash1 [ dæʃ ] verb * 1. ) intransitive dash into/out of/across etc. to run or go somewhere very quickly because you are in a hurry: Maria came dashing down the stairs. I dashed out into the street, still in my pajamas. 2. ) transitive dash… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
dash — 1 verb 1 to go or run somewhere very quickly (+ into/across/behind etc): Olive dashed into the room, grabbed her bag and ran out again. 2 (transitive always + adv/prep) to make something move violently against a surface, usually so that it breaks … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
