dry out
verb
dried out; drying out; dries out
: to undergo an extended period of withdrawal from alcohol or drug use especially at a special clinic
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Don’t divide plants on a hot, sunny day when the plants may dry out during the process.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
This includes dry air moving in from the Sahara that helped dry out the atmosphere, and a high pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico that made conditions undesirable for forming hurricanes.
—Simmone Shah, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
Gass said the Bay Area will spend the rest of the week drying out from the storm, with a partially cloudy sky to be replaced by a clear one as the week progresses.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
The remnants of the former hurricane drenched much of the state with several inches of rain, but forecasters expect the wet and warm weather to finally dry out and cool down.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 13 Oct. 2025
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
This includes dry air moving in from the Sahara that helped dry out the atmosphere, and a high pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico that made conditions undesirable for forming hurricanes.
—Simmone Shah, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
Gass said the Bay Area will spend the rest of the week drying out from the storm, with a partially cloudy sky to be replaced by a clear one as the week progresses.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
The remnants of the former hurricane drenched much of the state with several inches of rain, but forecasters expect the wet and warm weather to finally dry out and cool down.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Dry out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20out. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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dry-out
1 of 2 adjective
: providing detoxification treatment
checked into a dry-out clinic
dry out
2 of 2 transitive verb
: to subject to withdrawal from the use of alcohol or drugs : detoxify sense 2
: to undergo an extended period of withdrawal from alcohol or drug use especially at a special clinic : detoxify
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