dash off

[dash off] {v.}

To make, do, or finish quickly; especially, to draw, paint, or write hurriedly.

* /Ann took out her drawing pad and pencil and dashed off a sketch of the Indians./

* /John can dash off several letters while Mary writes only one./

* /Charles had forgotten to write his English report and dashed it off just before class./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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