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
The strikes were happening, and everything was drying up.
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Al Topich Special To The Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
If you get hit with that kind of wipeout injury bug, at some point your options for recourse dry up.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 17 June 2025
Read Next As corporate support dwindles, this Fort Lauderdale LGBTQ museum fights to stay afloat
February 26, 2025 4:30 AM
Other local LGBTQ cultural institutions and non-profits have had to lean in on community support as corporate funding dries up.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
Emergency funding during the coronavirus pandemic improved the financial health of rural hospitals, but after that funding dried up, many were left facing labor shortages and supply-chain problems that increased prices.
—Megan Greenwell, The Atlantic, 9 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for dry up
Al Topich Special To The Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
If you get hit with that kind of wipeout injury bug, at some point your options for recourse dry up.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 17 June 2025
Read Next As corporate support dwindles, this Fort Lauderdale LGBTQ museum fights to stay afloat
February 26, 2025 4:30 AM
Other local LGBTQ cultural institutions and non-profits have had to lean in on community support as corporate funding dries up.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
Emergency funding during the coronavirus pandemic improved the financial health of rural hospitals, but after that funding dried up, many were left facing labor shortages and supply-chain problems that increased prices.
—Megan Greenwell, The Atlantic, 9 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for dry up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dry up
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That’s where Panthers players continued their week-long celebration — Cats also lead the NHL in celebrating — as Conn Smythe playoffs MVP and pending free agent Sam Bennett took the mic as the crowd hushed.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2025
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Game 2 is on Sunday. 3h ago / 8:07 PM PDT Share Home crowd has gone silent Andrew Greif Reporting from Oklahoma City Tyrese Haliburton hits a go-ahead jumper with 0.3 of a second left to take a 111-110 lead and the home crowd has hushed in stunned disbelief.—
Greg Rosenstein,
NBC news,
6 June 2025
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Win your division, and the odds of winning the World Series improve. I’m tempted to clam up right there because earning a wild-card berth can also lead to winning a World Series — see Bruce Bochy with the 2012 Giants and 2023 Rangers.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2025
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Again and again, West apologized to Ciara Miller for talking mess to the New York Times, handling their breakup poorly, and then clamming up all summer.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
30 May 2025
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Time to put up or shut up ... After lengthy production delays at Amazon's satellite factory, the retail giant is finally churning out Kuiper satellites at scale.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 June 2025
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In Ono’s understanding, then, university presidents are to shut up and do as they are told.—
David Niven,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 June 2025
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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 3 Jul. 2025.
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