dry off

verb

dried off; drying off; dries off

1

: to become dry

My umbrella's drying off in the hall.

2

: to make one's body dry

We got out of the pool and dried off.

3

: to make (someone or something) dry

He dried off the bench and sat down.

Dry yourself off and get dressed.

Examples of dry off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Bathing doesn’t always remove every bit of fungal and bacterial matter from your body and drying off with a towel helps loosen dead skin cells that become trapped in the fibers. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 July 2026

Brave the rapids on Bello Bay Cruise, take the wheel on Bello Bay Golf Cart Derby, and meet your favorite Minions before drying off. — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2026

The agency shared photos of the coyote getting dried off with a blanket while in a cage. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026

That will give leaves time to dry off before nightfall. — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026

Rhymes for dry off

• ashraf
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• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
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• liftoff
• markoff
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• payoff
• playoff