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
Farther north, the San Carlos Reservoir is on the verge of drying up, the victim of unceasing demand for the water and unceasing drought.
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Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Macs running 2023's macOS 14 Sonoma get one more year of Safari and security updates; 2024's macOS 15 Sequoia gets two more years; and Tahoe's security updates will dry up in mid to late 2028.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
On Wednesday, the weather finally took a turn for the better, as the winds died down and the playa dried up.
—Denver Nicks, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
The hope has been left in the desert, and the goodwill has dried up.
—Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2025
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Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Macs running 2023's macOS 14 Sonoma get one more year of Safari and security updates; 2024's macOS 15 Sequoia gets two more years; and Tahoe's security updates will dry up in mid to late 2028.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
On Wednesday, the weather finally took a turn for the better, as the winds died down and the playa dried up.
—Denver Nicks, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
The hope has been left in the desert, and the goodwill has dried up.
—Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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Where are the bisexuals who can never shut up about being bisexual?—
Catherine Mhloyi,
Them.,
15 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 30 Sep. 2025.
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