dry up
verb
dried up; drying up; dries up
: to cut off the supply of
1
: to disappear as if by evaporation, draining, or cutting off of a source of supply
2
: to wither or die through gradual loss of vitality
3
: to stop talking
Examples of dry up in a Sentence
sick of her constant complaining, he angrily told her to dry up
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The problem started with the pandemic; although road traffic dried up, the death rate leapt by 20 percent.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2025
This can be risky because if that source dries up, the business could struggle.
—Adam Fineberg, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Demand for commodities falls as people drive and fly less, and building and other investment activity dries up.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025
But on a team with one basketball to share between Jalen Brunson, Julius Randle, R.J. Barrett and Immanuel Quickley — and later joined by Donte DiVincenzo, a veteran at Grimes’ position — the runway for creation dried up.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2025
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2025
This can be risky because if that source dries up, the business could struggle.
—Adam Fineberg, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Demand for commodities falls as people drive and fly less, and building and other investment activity dries up.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025
But on a team with one basketball to share between Jalen Brunson, Julius Randle, R.J. Barrett and Immanuel Quickley — and later joined by Donte DiVincenzo, a veteran at Grimes’ position — the runway for creation dried up.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Dry up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20up. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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