dry up
Become completely dry, or stop talking suddenly.
Meanings of «dry up»
1 · verb
become completely dry, or stop talking suddenly
The river will dry up if it doesn't rain soon.
2 · verb
to suddenly stop talking or be unable to continue speaking
Many public speakers dry up the moment their mind goes blank.
Similar: go silentfall silentfreeze up
Translation
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«dry up» in 17 languages
AR العربية
AZ Azərbaycan
DE Deutsch
ES Español
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FR Français
HI हिन्दी
ID Indonesia
JA 日本語
KO 한국어
PT Português
RO Română
RU Русский
TH ไทย
TR Türkçe
UK Українська
UZ O‘zbek
VI Tiếng Việt
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