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
So the national operations are bracing for the domino effect that would ensue if funding dries up in the fall.
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Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 16 July 2025
The details are still fuzzy, but the risk is clear: if foreign capital dries up, so too may some of the momentum behind major commercial developments, especially in coastal markets.
—Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 5 July 2025
Although infusions of federal pandemic relief money have bolstered district budgets for the past several years, those funds will soon dry up.
—Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Despite my best efforts, these ferns would just dry up and drop about a million crunchy brown leaves a day all over my floor.
—Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 July 2025
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Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 16 July 2025
The details are still fuzzy, but the risk is clear: if foreign capital dries up, so too may some of the momentum behind major commercial developments, especially in coastal markets.
—Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 5 July 2025
Although infusions of federal pandemic relief money have bolstered district budgets for the past several years, those funds will soon dry up.
—Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Despite my best efforts, these ferns would just dry up and drop about a million crunchy brown leaves a day all over my floor.
—Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dry up
Verb
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This year, the streets are hushed, and many children walk to school alone.—
Hanna Kang,
Oc Register,
15 Aug. 2025
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The wild west of Ireland reveals sea cliffs like Slieve League, hushed peat bogs, and winding roads threading through Connemara’s granite hills and glassy lakes.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 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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Management essentially said shut up and get to work.—
Karl Freund,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Part of healing for me has been to shut up and let my mind just be a single mind.—
Stuart Miller,
Oc Register,
5 Aug. 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 20 Aug. 2025.
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