dry up
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dry up verb
- To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.“I'll go shopping when it dries up.”
- To cause to become dry.“The heatwave dried up all the rivers.”
- To manually dry dishes.
- To deprive someone of (something vital).“The bankruptcy rumor dried up his sales.”
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