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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

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«dry up» in 17 languages
AR العربية
AZ Azərbaycan
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ID Indonesia
JA 日本語
KO 한국어
PT Português
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TR Türkçe
UK Українська
UZ O‘zbek
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