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
If leadership success still means sacrificing well-being, your pipeline will dry up, period.
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Andrew Block, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Subsequently, federal funding dried up, and public housing came to be associated with crime and other problems.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
But the pond dried up last year after a developer altered the path of the stream water that filled it.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 26 June 2025
Jen is also seen crying and using a tissue to dry up her tears.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 23 June 2025
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Andrew Block, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Subsequently, federal funding dried up, and public housing came to be associated with crime and other problems.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
But the pond dried up last year after a developer altered the path of the stream water that filled it.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 26 June 2025
Jen is also seen crying and using a tissue to dry up her tears.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dry up
Verb
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Inside the airy courtroom, hushed spectators, including Combs’ mother and six adult children, sat on wooden benches.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
3 July 2025
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Ominous guitar accompanies hopeful strings; Chatten's vocals range from breathy, hushed tones to intense speak-singing.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Verb
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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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Trump had been more open to diplomacy near the beginning of Israel’s conflict with Iran, leaving his nuclear deal options open with them, but has since clammed up.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
21 June 2025
Verb
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The return of the Snack Wrap was just a ploy to get social media haters to shut up.—
David Wysong,
The Enquirer,
10 July 2025
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Desire speaks loudest when financial fear shuts up.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
10 July 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 21 Jul. 2025.
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