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
Examples of dry up in a Sentence
sick of her constant complaining, he angrily told her to dry up
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Madeline King, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2025
The venture capital that has poured into OpenAI could dry up as hundreds of other AI startups compete for financing.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
But that third-base market has largely dried up with Eugenio Suárez, Ryan McMahon, Ke’Bryan Hayes and Ramon Urías traded.
—Chad Jennings, New York Times, 31 July 2025
While Convoy had at one point been valued at $3.8 billion after raising $260 million in April that year, venture capital funding and M&A deals had dried up during the period of elevated interest rates and lower freight demand.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 30 July 2025
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“Dry up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20up. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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