do (one's) dash
do (one's) dash
To do something to the fullest extent that one can. Primarily heard in Australia. Whew, I've done my dash! Can we just rest for a minute? There's nothing more disheartening than to do your dash on an assignment, only for the computer to crash and delete all your work. I did my dash to try and fix it, but this old engine is beyond repair, man.
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do your dash
exhaust your energies or chances. Australian informal 1973 Chester Eagle Who Could Love the Nightingale? ‘Keep going,’ she said. ‘Keep going.’ ‘I've done my dash, Marg, in every sense of the words.’
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