dry up
Definition of dry up
transitive verb
: to cut off the supply of
intransitive verb
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
First Known Use of dry up
14th century
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