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Run dry

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Run dry"

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dry outverb(colloquial, ambitransitive, idiomatic) To (cause to) sober up; to cease to be drunk; to quit using drugs or alcohol.
dry offverb(transitive) To make dry.
dry upverb(intransitive) To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
run offverbTo flee or depart quickly.
fordryverb(intransitive) To dry up; become dry.
updryverb(intransitive, obsolete) To dry up.
desiccateverb(transitive) To remove moisture from; to dry; (sometimes) to dry to an extreme degree.
stagnateverbTo cease motion, activity, or progress:
drip-drynounA clothing item that can be washed and drip-dried.
roughdryverb(transitive) In laundry work, to dry without smoothing or ironing.
dehydrate(transitive) To remove water from; to dry up.
undrynoun(rare) Not dry.
drainnoun(chiefly US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
damp-dryverbTo dry something until it is only damp.
seasonnounEach of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
redrynounTo dry again
wash outverb(idiomatic) To cancel due to bad weather.
drain outverb(transitive) To empty (something) completely of liquids; to drain completely.
undrainverbTo restore that which has drained away.
dewaterverbTo remove water from.

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