dry out

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To have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed

Your trousers need to dry out before you put them on.

To sober up; to cease to be drunk
become totally dry
remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"
If something dries out or is dried out, it loses all the moisture that was in it and becomes hard. If the soil is allowed to dry out the tree could die The cold winds dry out your skin very quickly
become empty of water; "The river runs dry in the summer"
If someone dries out or is dried out, they are cured of addiction to alcohol. He checked into Cedars Sinai Hospital to dry out
become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun"
hang out to dry
To attach washing to a clothesline to dry
hang out to dry
To abandon someone who is in need or in danger, especially a colleague or one dependent

Without supplemental health insurance, we would have been hung out to dry.

hung out to dry
Simple past tense and past participle of hang out to dry
dry out

    Turkish pronunciation

    dray aut

    Pronunciation

    /ˈdrī ˈout/ /ˈdraɪ ˈaʊt/

    Etymology

    [ 'drI ] (adjective.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English dryge; akin to Old High German truckan dry, Old English drEahnian to drain.

    Videos

    ... they have jelly-like eggs that would dry out on land. ...
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