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
In 2022, a promising start to the season fizzled into drought as storms dried up by mid-January — the snowpack dropped from 150% of average in early January to just 37% by April 1.
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Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Others misfired when momentum reversed, financing dried up or leverage cut the wrong way.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
The chances began to dry up in the second quarter, as the Comets played the final three quarters and 10 minutes of overtime without scoring.
—Nathan Dunn, Kansas City Star, 22 Dec. 2025
The defensive lines of the Hurricanes and Longhorns got after Reed’s running backs, and everything else the Aggies did on offense dried up.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Dec. 2025
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Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Others misfired when momentum reversed, financing dried up or leverage cut the wrong way.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
The chances began to dry up in the second quarter, as the Comets played the final three quarters and 10 minutes of overtime without scoring.
—Nathan Dunn, Kansas City Star, 22 Dec. 2025
The defensive lines of the Hurricanes and Longhorns got after Reed’s running backs, and everything else the Aggies did on offense dried up.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dry up
Verb
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The vibe is hushed and calming.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
13 Oct. 2025
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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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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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My parents taught me how to shut up and listen.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
26 Dec. 2025
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But according to two top tech CEOs, the customers actually paying the bills—like a heavy equipment manufacturer in the Midwest—are asking the tech industry to shut up about the hype and show them the receipts.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
22 Dec. 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 9 Jan. 2026.
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