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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Marketing blames sales for not closing leads, sales blames marketing for poor quality leads, and accounts blames everyone when the cash flow dries up.
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B.d. Dalton, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
When the summer dry season begins, all of that grass and brush dries up.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2025
Perhaps most alarming, Pittsburgh’s point production dried up.
—Mike Defabo, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
That’s what could happen if the region fails to fill a $771 million budget gap the four agencies will face when federal COVID-19 relief funding dries up, the RTA warned.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
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B.d. Dalton, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
When the summer dry season begins, all of that grass and brush dries up.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2025
Perhaps most alarming, Pittsburgh’s point production dried up.
—Mike Defabo, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
That’s what could happen if the region fails to fill a $771 million budget gap the four agencies will face when federal COVID-19 relief funding dries up, the RTA warned.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Dry up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20up. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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