as in to quiet (down)
to stop talking
sick of her constant complaining, he angrily told her to dry up
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Recent Examples of dry up
Then, in 2015, the art market spectacularly imploded, and his sales dried up almost overnight.
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Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
That goal is likely to become more difficult as state and federal money dries up for construction and assistance programs.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
Stored this way, limes should last for about a month or longer with wrinkling or drying up.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
Trick the service, and those tips dry up.
—Boris Kontsevoi, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
That goal is likely to become more difficult as state and federal money dries up for construction and assistance programs.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
Stored this way, limes should last for about a month or longer with wrinkling or drying up.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
Trick the service, and those tips dry up.
—Boris Kontsevoi, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dry up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dry up
Verb
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McIlroy would hush the USA crowd after putts, while Reed would bow to their applause.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Robert Kraft — sandwiched in between Travis Scott and his fellow REFORM Alliance Board Member Michael Rubin — shared hushed conversations with both.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
15 Sep. 2025
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Then, after Austin Jackson sustained his season-ending knee injury in early November in Miami’s loss to the Bills , the Dolphins run game clammed up.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
29 July 2025
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Although that doesn’t account for those opposite behaviors (e.g., clamming up).—
Caleb Harris,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
Verb
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But establishing your lead funnyman as someone who just shuts up and stares blankly ahead isn’t a recipe for sustainable comedy.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
29 Sep. 2025
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There is still plenty of time for the Steelers to turn things around and shut up their doubters.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The compressed air is then piped down to enormous sealed salt caverns thousands of feet below the Earth's surface for long-term storage.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
30 June 2025
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At one point, crowd-surfers pulled pipes down from the ceiling.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
15 June 2025
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“Dry up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dry%20up. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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