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
Synonyms
Examples of dry up in a Sentence
sick of her constant complaining, he angrily told her to dry up
Recent Examples on the Web
But insiders say the app’s well of instant virality could be drying up.
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August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
Much of that funding dried up during the coronavirus pandemic.
—David Conrads, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2024
Edelman dries up what could be the damp narrator role without resorting to too much twinkle.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Meanwhile, wells and lagoons next to the mines brimming with intense blue fresh water dried up.
—Megan Janetsky, Victor R. Caivano and Rodrigo Abd, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
Her mother’s milk began to dry up as food and clean water became harder to find.
—Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
Then Covid-19 gripped the globe, and all their gigs dried up.
—Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
Maine has had an elver fishery for decades, but the state’s eels became more valuable in the early 2010s, in part, because foreign sources dried up.
—Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024
Image The situation is reminiscent of the turmoil that the commercial real estate sector experienced during the 2008 financial crisis, when credit dried up.
—Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
Much of that funding dried up during the coronavirus pandemic.
—David Conrads, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2024
Edelman dries up what could be the damp narrator role without resorting to too much twinkle.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Meanwhile, wells and lagoons next to the mines brimming with intense blue fresh water dried up.
—Megan Janetsky, Victor R. Caivano and Rodrigo Abd, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
Her mother’s milk began to dry up as food and clean water became harder to find.
—Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
Then Covid-19 gripped the globe, and all their gigs dried up.
—Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
Maine has had an elver fishery for decades, but the state’s eels became more valuable in the early 2010s, in part, because foreign sources dried up.
—Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024
Image The situation is reminiscent of the turmoil that the commercial real estate sector experienced during the 2008 financial crisis, when credit dried up.
—Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Dry up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20up. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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