dry up
verb
dried up; drying up; dries up
: to cut off the supply of
1
: to disappear as if by evaporation, draining, or cutting off of a source of supply
2
: to wither or die through gradual loss of vitality
3
: to stop talking
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Examples of dry up in a Sentence
sick of her constant complaining, he angrily told her to dry up
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Only a handful of years ago, after a strong start to his acting career on stage, offers began to dry up.
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Sam Jacobs, TIME, 16 May 2024
The timing worked out well, as his own publishing business began drying up after the 1929 stock market crash, and when a neighbor asked Byam to build him a camper, the inventor went one step further, ditching backyard tinkering to open a small factory in Culver City, California, in 1931.
—Steven Melendez, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
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Sam Jacobs, TIME, 16 May 2024
The timing worked out well, as his own publishing business began drying up after the 1929 stock market crash, and when a neighbor asked Byam to build him a camper, the inventor went one step further, ditching backyard tinkering to open a small factory in Culver City, California, in 1931.
—Steven Melendez, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
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“Dry up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20up. Accessed 20 May. 2024.
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