if something dries out or is dried out, some or all the water comes out of it
to give up drinking alcohol, or to help someone do this, especially by getting medical treatment
It was no longer enough for someone to dry out, they had to be seen to have dried out.
Until they got to England, it looked like he was going to have to dry out, a truly nauseating prospect.
Water the ground regularly to stop it from drying out.
We'll never get through all that before it starts to dry out.
`I say let's go hack to the cabin, dry out, have a cup of coffee, and regroup.
dries out
drying out
dried out
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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