dashed off

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Her letter comes less than a day after House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican, dashed off a letter Wednesday night to the former prosecutors.

From Washington Times • Mar. 23, 2023

But his advisers’ mapped itinerary was continually sidetracked as Pérez dashed off to see new works that caught his eye.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2022

At 7:15 p.m., the rider’s “spirited bay mare … dashed off at a rapid rate, bearing her burden towards the Gold State.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2022

He said he alone drafted the statement he put out with 11 senators, which he said he dashed off on the flight back to Washington.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2022

He would have burst out of the trees and dashed off towards the voices, if they had not pulled him back.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien