Lose all the water from a river, lake, source, etc
Meanings
- Lose all the water from a river, lake, source, etc (intransitive, International English)
- Stop being supplied with something (intransitive, International English)
- Be unable to speak (intransitive, International English)
- etc, after washing them up (intransitive, International English)
- etc, after washing them up (separable [optional], International English)
Examples
- We need to DRY UP before someone notices.
- Management's decided to DRY UP apparently.
- I suppose DRY UP is the least terrible option.