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
Business leaders are desperate for a few weeks of consistent policy, farmers have seen their federal food funding contracts dry up, and nonprofits across the country are laying off staff as the White House slashes spending.
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
The Millennial lifestyle subsidy eventually came crashing down as the cheap money dried up.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2025
Tourism dried up, and by the turn of the 21st century, Jacumba had fallen on hard times.
—Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2025
Under the plan, the federal government will garnish wages from some of those borrowers, pulling money out of their pockets that may otherwise be spent and in turn drying up some economic activity, the experts said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2025
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
The Millennial lifestyle subsidy eventually came crashing down as the cheap money dried up.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2025
Tourism dried up, and by the turn of the 21st century, Jacumba had fallen on hard times.
—Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2025
Under the plan, the federal government will garnish wages from some of those borrowers, pulling money out of their pockets that may otherwise be spent and in turn drying up some economic activity, the experts said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dry up
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Timbaland and Nachum often stand off to the side, speaking in emphatic but hushed whispers about new ideas that are coming to them in that moment.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
28 Apr. 2025
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Finally, go ahead and chop 35% off the Google Pixel Buds Pro wireless earbuds for filling commutes or jogs with bold bass, hushed background noise with ANC, and hands-free Google Assistant commands.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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Meet Them At Their Comfort Level Some CEOs are great at being conversational and engaging on video; others clam up and want to use a script—which severely limits any feeling of authenticity.—
Elizabeth Baskin,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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While Lydia wallows in the residual pain, Paul has clammed up.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
12 Dec. 2024
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But his performance in Game 5 seems to have shut up a lot of people, at least for the time being.—
Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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So enough on social media, put up or shut up in court.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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Yes and became yes and no, much like a musical conductor tells the strings and woodwinds to play louder and the brass to pipe down.—
Michael Alcée,
Hartford Courant,
13 Apr. 2025
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The freshwater was coming from a sewage-treatment pipe down below.—
Ben McGrath,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Dry up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dry%20up. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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