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figure dash

n. the punctuation mark ''' '‒' ''' (used when a dash must be used in numbers)

Usage examples of "figure dash".

He stopped in his tracks as he watched a disheveled figure dash out onto the road and then start running towards him.

Suddenly he heard running feet quite near at hand and turned to see a figure dash out of a side corridor.

On the way out, Frank saw a figure dash through the shrubbery on the hospital grounds and run across the lawn.