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splash and dash

splash and dash
 n.— «While flying over Lake Rockwell, several participants lowered down and performed what is called a splash and dash, where balloons are lowered down to water level and skimmed across the water.» —“Balloon A-Fair still flying high” by Jason DeLeon Record-Courier (Ravenna, Ohio) Sept. 18, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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