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dry up
dry up {v.}
1. Высыхать.
The reservoir dried up during the four-month drought.
2. Исчезать, пропадать (перен. испаряться).
The Senator's influence dried up when he was voted out of office.
3. {slang} Прекращать разговоры. — Часто используется как приказ.
"Dry up!" Tony said angrily when his friend told him for the third time that he had made a mistake in his theme.
Syn.: SHUT UP (1).
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Источник: A Dictionary of American Idioms