dart
noun
a small, slender missile that is pointed at one end and usually feathered at the other and is propelled by hand, as in the game of darts, or by a blowgun when used as a weapon.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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Not that things are easy: Before we’ve covered the 250 yards between the door of the medical van and our apartment building, Eurydice will have darted into traffic three times.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2012