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.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
dash someone's hopes — 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 … English dictionary
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 */ — I UK [dæʃ] / US verb Word forms dash : present tense I/you/we/they dash he/she/it dashes present participle dashing past tense dashed past participle dashed 1) [intransitive] to run or go somewhere very quickly because you are in a hurry dash… … English dictionary
dash — [13] Dash is probably of Scandinavian origin – Danish daske ‘beat’ has been compared – but whether it was a borrowing or a home 151 deaf grown word, it was no doubt formed in imitation of rapid impulsive violent movement. Its original sense in… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
dash — [13] Dash is probably of Scandinavian origin – Danish daske ‘beat’ has been compared – but whether it was a borrowing or a home grown word, it was no doubt formed in imitation of rapid impulsive violent movement. Its original sense in English was … Word origins
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 — [[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 — 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
dash — [dæʃ] verb I 1) to go somewhere in a hurry I dashed out into the street, still in my pyjamas.[/ex] 2) [I/T] to hit something violently, or to throw something violently against a surface Huge waves dashed against the side of the boat.[/ex] • dash… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
